Prophet (saws) and Ahlubayt (as) Means to Allah (swt)
كتاب فضائل الشيعة للصدوق رحمه الله بإسناده عن أبي سعيد الخدري قال : كنا جلوسا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله إذ أقبل إليه رجل فقال : يارسول الله أخبرني عن قول الله عزوجل لابليس : ( أستكبرت أم كنت من العالين ) فمن هم يارسول الله الذين هم أعلى من الملائكة ؟ فقال رسول الله : أنا وعلي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين : كنا في سرادق العرش نسبح الله وتسبح الملائكة بتسبيحنا قبل أن يخلق الله عزوجل آدم بألفي عام ، فلما خلق الله عزوجل آدم أمر الملائكة أن يسجدوا له ولم يأمرنا بالسجود فسجدت الملائكة كلهم إلا ابليس فإنه أبى أن يسجد ، فقال الله تبارك وتعالى : " أستكبرت أم كنت من العالين " أي من هؤلاء الخمس المكتوب أسماؤهم في سرادق العرش فنحن باب الله الذي يؤتى منه .بنا يهتدي المهتدون فمن أحبنا أحبه الله وأسكنه جنته ، ومن أبغضنا أبغضه الله وأسكنه ناره ، ولا يحبنا إلا من طاب مولده
(بحار الانوار :2/25 , فضائل الشيعه : 7 و 8)
In the book Fadha’il al-Shi’a written by al-Saduq (May He Rest in Peace), with his chain of narrators to Ibn Abi Sa’eed al-Khithri, he said:
We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (saws), when a man came and said, “O’ Messenger of Allah, narrate (tell us/inform us) about Allah (azwj)’s words to Satan when he said, ‘ Are you too proud or are you one of the high exalted? (38:75)’, who are they O’ Messenger of Allah that are higher than the angels?” Messenger of Allah then said, “I, Ali, Fatimah, Hassan, and Hussain: we were in the highest levels of heaven (on the throne of Allah) supplicating to Allah, and the Angels join us in our supplication, 1000 years (1) before Allah (azwj) had created Adam, when Allah (azwj) had created Adam, he ordered the angels to prostrate to Adam, but did not ask us to join him in prostration, therefore the all the angels prostrated except Satan he refused to prostrate”, Allah (swt) then said, ‘Are you too proud or are you one of the high exalted? (38:75)’, “ These are the five, there names has been written on the throne of Allah (swt) [Highest Level of Paradise], to get to Allah come through us, for we are the door to Allah. Through us the people are guided, those who love us, than Allah loves them and will place them in paradise, and those who angry (hurt) us, Allah will place them in Hellfire, and of those that do not love us, are those that have not had a pure (pleasant) birth (2).
(Bihar al-Anwar, V.25, Pg.2; Fadha’il al-Shi’a, V.7, Pg.8)
(1) We are not sure in this narration of these years of the years of Earth, or are they of the years of another planet, or maybe even that of the years of Heaven, it remains a mystery.
(2) Here it ends by saying: طاب مولده, the first word “Ta’b” means: pleasant, good hearted, etc., and the second word مولده, means birth, so putting it together it can mean: Pure Birth, Pleasant Birth, or it can also mean someone whos been raised by a mother to be good hearted, kind at heart, in conclusion it hovers around the meaning ‘pure of heart’, basically he who hates us Ahlubayt (as) must have been born of an illegitimate birth (Son of Zina).
Translation & Comment: Mountather Al.