Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

122 'Ali ibn Abi Tcilib in Makkah
4.1.4.c. Thinking positively of the hadith
of the Messenger of AUah (g)
Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali (&) said: "If you are told a hadith
from the Messenger of Allah (g), then take it in the best, most
guided and most appropriate manner."227
4.1.4.d. Sending blessings upon him
Allah (&) says:
$Allah sends His Salih [Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy] on the
Prophet [Muhammad], and also His angels [ask Allah to bless and
forgive him]. 0 you who believe! end your Salih on [ask Allah to
bless] him Muhammad], and [you should] greet [salute] him with
the Islamic way of greeting [salutation, i.e. as-Salimu 'Alaykum].B
(Qur'an 33: 56)228
Here AUah is telling us of the status of His slave and Prophet among
the assembly on high: He praises him before the angels who are close
to Him, and the angels send blessings upon him. Then Allah (B)
commands the inhabitants of the lower realm to send blessings and
peace upon him, so that praise will come to him from the inhabitants
of both realms, upper and lower.229 Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali ibn Abi
Taib (&) confirmed this right of the Messenger of Allah (g) by
describing the one who does not send blessings upon the Messenger
of Allah when he hears him mentioned as being stingy. He narrated
from the Messenger of Allah (s): - "The miser is the one in whose
presence I am mentioned, and he does not send blessings upon
me,n230
4.1.4.e. 'Ali's love for the Messenger of Allah &)
Allah (&) says: @Say: If your fathers, your sons, your
brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained,
the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which