[8] The Master, the Messenger—mighty is his might—also said: "Indeed, there may be after me an event and a war; so whoever was not present for it, but was reached by news of it and approved of it, is like the one who was present and fought. And whoever supports Ali with his hand or his tongue is like the one who supported Allah, Glorified is He, upon His Throne." Then he said: {O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet} ¹ .

[9] The report is famous, and that which the majority of the believers—may Allah be pleased with them all—have agreed upon its authenticity, traced back (Marfu') with a sound chain of transmission to the Great Leading Sheikh, Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn bin Hamdan al-Khasibi—may Allah sanctify his soul, illuminate his shrine, honor his station, and brighten his face—and it is among what he established in his epistle: that Salman, al-Miqdad, and Abu Dharr came to the house of our Master, the Commander of the Faithful—mighty is his might—in Medina by night to seek permission to enter upon him. So Fidda came out and said to them: "My mistress Fatimah says to you: He has ascended to the heaven, for he is within its constellations (Buruj), decreeing and executing among his servants." The evidence for that is the saying of the Almighty: {Judgment is only for Allah; He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders} ² .