Narrations on the virtues of the Ahl al-Bayt – especially about Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.)
Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.)
يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَعَدْلاً كَمَا مُلِئَتْ ظُلْماً وَجَوْراً
He will fill the earth with justice and equity, as it had been filled with oppression and injustice.
Narrated by: Prophet Muhammad (s.) about Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.)
Source: al-Kafi; Kamal al-Din; Sunan Abi Dawud (sinngemäß, in vielen Quellen überliefert)
Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.)
مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْ إِمَامَ زَمَانِهِ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً
Whoever dies without knowing the Imam of his time dies a death of ignorance (jahiliyyah).
Narrated by: Prophet Muhammad (s.) / the Imams (a.s.) (meaning)
Source: Kamal al-Din; al-Kafi (Wortlaut variiert; auch in Musnad Ahmad in ähnlicher Form)
Ahl al-Bayt
إِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ: كِتَابَ اللهِ وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي، مَا إِنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ بِهِمَا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدِي أَبَداً
I leave among you two weighty things: the Book of Allah and my family, the Ahl al-Bayt. As long as you hold fast to both, you will never go astray after me.
Narrated by: Prophet Muhammad (s.)
Source: Hadith ath-Thaqalayn: al-Kafi; Kamal al-Din; Sahih Muslim; Sunan at-Tirmidhi (Wortlaut variiert)
Ahl al-Bayt
مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ
Whoever I am the master (mawla) of, this Ali is his master.
Narrated by: Prophet Muhammad (s.) at Ghadir Khumm
Source: Hadith al-Ghadir: al-Kafi; Musnad Ahmad; Sunan at-Tirmidhi; Sunan Ibn Majah
Ahl al-Bayt
كُونُوا لَنَا زَيْناً وَلَا تَكُونُوا عَلَيْنَا شَيْناً
Be an adornment for us and not a disgrace to us.
Narrated by: Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.)
Source: al-Kafi; al-Amali (Shaykh Saduq)