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Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): When the Day of Resurrection comes, a caller from within the Throne will call out: O Muhammad! O Ali! Cast into Hell every stubborn, obstinate disbeliever. So it is those two who cast the obstinate disbelievers into the Fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): أَلقِیَا فِی جهنّم کُلَّ کفّار عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one] was revealed concerning me and Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), in this way: on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will place me in the station of intercession, and I will place you in this station. Allah will clothe me and you with [the garment of] excellence. Then Allah will say to me and to you: whoever has borne enmity toward the two of you, cast him into Hell, and whoever has loved the two of you, take him into Paradise, for such a person is a believer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will say to me and to Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him): "Take into Paradise whoever loves the two of you" — this is the very interpretation of this verse: وَ أَلْقِیا فِی جهنّم کُلَّ کفّار عَنِیدٍ [And do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Allah the Exalted will say to me and to Ali (peace be upon him): take into Paradise everyone who has loved the two of you, and cast into the Fire those who have held enmity toward you. This is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: أَلْقِیا فِی جهنّم کُلَّ کفّار عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one].

The Imams (peace be upon them): أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one] [is an address] to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him), and this is the very saying of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Ali (peace be upon him) is the divider of Paradise and Hell."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah the Mighty and Majestic commands that I and Ali (peace be upon him) be seated upon the Sirat, and He says: Admit into Paradise whoever believes in me and loves you both, and cast into the Fire whoever disbelieves in me and hates you both.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one]; it is an address to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him), and this is the very statement of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) who said: "Ali (peace be upon him) is the divider of Paradise and Hell."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) would often say: "I am Allah's divider between Paradise and Hell."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal ibn Umar said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Why is it that the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) divides Paradise and Hell among the servants?" He said: "Because love of him is faith and enmity toward him is disbelief. Paradise has been created only for the people of faith, and Hell has been created only for the disbelievers; so it is for this reason that he (peace be upon him) divides the Fire and Paradise. Only those who love him enter Paradise, and only those who hate him enter Hell." I asked: "O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Did all the prophets and their successors (peace be upon them) love him, and were their enemies enemies of Ali (peace be upon him)?" He said: "Yes." I asked: "How is such a thing possible?" He said: "Do you not know that the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said on the day of Khaybar: 'Tomorrow I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger and whom Allah and His Messenger love. He will not return until Allah grants victory at his hands.' Then he gave the banner to Ali (peace be upon him), and Allah brought about victory at Ali's (peace be upon him) hands." I said: "Yes, I know." He said: "Do you not know that when the roasted bird was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), he said: 'O Allah! Bring to me the one whom You and I love most of all, that he may eat this meat with me,' and by this he meant Ali (peace be upon him)?" I said: "Yes, I know." He said: "Is it permissible for the prophets of Allah and His messengers (peace be upon them) and their successors not to love a man whom Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) love, and who himself loves Allah and His Messenger?" I said: "No." He said: "Is it possible that the nations of the earlier prophets should not love the beloved of Allah and the beloved of His Messenger and His prophets?" I said: "No." He said: "So it is established that all the prophets of Allah (peace be upon them) and His messengers and all the believers were lovers and friends of Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), and it is established that their enemies and opponents are the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) and of those who love the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them)." I said: "Yes." He said: "From the earlier ones of the community to the later ones, only he who loves Ali (peace be upon him) enters Paradise, and from the earlier ones of the community to the later ones, only he who bears enmity toward Ali (peace be upon him) enters Hell; therefore he is the divider of Paradise and Hell." Mufaddal ibn Umar said: I said to the Imam (peace be upon him): "O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! May Allah grant you relief, for you have given me relief. Tell me more of the knowledge that Allah has taught you." The Imam (peace be upon him) said: "Ask, O Mufaddal." I said: "O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Does Ali (peace be upon him) himself admit his lover and Shia into Paradise and his enemy into Hell, or is it Ridwan and Malik?" He said: "O Mufaddal! Do you not know that a thousand years before the creation, Allah sent the spirit of the noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) to the spirits of the prophets (peace be upon them)?" I said: "Yes, I know." He said: "Do you not know that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) called them to tawhid and the worship of the One and to obedience to Allah and following the command of Allah, and in return promised them Paradise, and promised Hell to whoever acted contrary to what the prophets (peace be upon them) said and accepted, and denied Allah?" I said: "Yes, I know." He said: "Is not the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) a guarantor of the promise he made and heard from Allah the Mighty and Majestic?" I said: "Yes, he is." He said: "Is not Ali (peace be upon him) his successor and the Imam of his community?" I said: "Yes, he is." He said: "Are not Ridwan and Malik themselves among the angels and among those who seek forgiveness for his Shia and for those saved through love of him?" I said: "Yes, so it is." He said: "Therefore Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), is the divider of Paradise and Hell, and Ridwan and Malik, by the command of Allah the Blessed and Exalted, are under his command. O Mufaddal! Learn this hadith, for it is from the hidden and concealed sciences, and do not disclose it except to its people."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): When the Day of Resurrection comes, a pulpit will be set up which rises above all other pulpits... until he ascends the pulpit. Then they will disappear for as long as Allah wills, and then appear, and they will be recognized as Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him). To the left of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) is an angel, and to his right is an angel. The angel on his right will say: 'O assemblies of creation! I am Ridwan, the keeper of the gardens of Paradise, and Allah has commanded me to obey Him and to obey Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and to obey Ali (peace be upon him). And this is the meaning of the verse: Cast into Hell every obstinate disbeliever! O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! O Ali (peace be upon him)!' The angel on his left will say: 'O assemblies of creation! I am Malik, the keeper of Hell, and Allah has commanded me to obey Him and to obey Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him).'

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): He is Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him). On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will seat him upon the Bridge of Sirat, and he will admit his friends into Paradise and his enemies into the Fire.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): On the Day of Resurrection, Ali (peace be upon him) and I will stand upon the Sirat, with a sword in the hand of each of us. No one from among the people will pass by except that we will ask him about the wilayah of Ali (peace be upon him). Whoever has any share of the wilayah with him is saved and successful; otherwise, we will strike off his neck and cast him into the Fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): At that very moment, two angels come to me; one is Ridwan, the keeper of Paradise, and the other is Malik, the keeper of Hell. Ridwan comes to me and greets me: السَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللهِ [Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah]. I return his greeting and ask, "Who are you, O sweet-scented, fair-faced angel who is noble and honoured before his Lord?" He says, "I am Ridwan, the keeper of Paradise. My Lord has commanded me to bring you the keys of Paradise. So take these keys, O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)!" I say, "I accept this from my Lord, and thanks and praise for this blessing and favour of His upon me are incumbent upon me. Hand these keys to my brother Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)." Ridwan gives the keys to Ali (peace be upon him) and returns. Then Malik, the keeper of Hell, draws near and greets me and says: السلام علیکم یا حبیب الله [Peace be upon you, O beloved of Allah]. I say, "Peace be upon you, O angel — how difficult is your appearance and how ugly your face! Who are you?" He says, "I am Malik, the keeper of Hell; my Lord has commanded me to bring you the keys of Hell." I say, "I accept them from my Lord, and I give thanks and praise to Him for giving me such a blessing and singling me out with this excellence. Hand it to my brother Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)." Malik gives the keys to Ali (peace be upon him). Then Malik returns, and Ali (peace be upon him), with the keys of Paradise and Hell in his hands, comes forward until he stands on the edge of Hell and takes its reins in his hand, while its fire blazes up and its burning and heat intensify, and it calls out loudly, "O Ali (peace be upon him)! Pass by me, for your light extinguishes my flame." Ali (peace be upon him) says to it, "Be still, O Hell! Release this one and let him go, for he is my friend and my Shia, and seize this one, for he is my enemy. Indeed, Hell on that day obeys the command of Ali (peace be upon him) more than the servant of any of you obeys the command of his master, so that if he wills he sends it in any direction, to the left or to the right, and indeed on that day Hell is more obedient to the command of Ali (peace be upon him) than all of creation, for Ali on that day is the divider of Paradise and Hell."

Imam Hasan (peace be upon him): Fadl said: I asked Hasan (peace be upon him), "Who is الْکُفَّارُ [the ungrateful one]?" He said, "The one who denied my grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)." I asked, "Who is الْعَنِیدُ [the rebellious one]?" He said, "The one who denies the right of Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): He has not believed in Allah who has not believed in me, and he has not believed in me who does not love Ali (peace be upon him); and he recited this verse: أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will say to Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him): "Admit into Paradise anyone who loves you both, and admit into the Fire anyone who bears enmity toward you both." So Ali (peace be upon him) will sit on the edge of Hell and will say to it: "This one is for me and this one is for you." And this is the meaning of the word of Allah: أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was asked about this verse. He said: "I and Ali (peace be upon him) will stand on the right side of the Throne, and Allah will say to us: أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one]."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): [O Ibn Mas'ud!] When the Day of Resurrection is established, Allah the Mighty and Majestic will say to me and to Ali (peace be upon him): "Take whomever you wish into Hell," and this is the meaning of the word of Allah who said: أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into Hell every ungrateful, rebellious one]. The "kaffar" (ungrateful one) is the one who denies my prophethood and messengership, and the "'anid" (rebellious one) is the one who bears enmity toward Ali (peace be upon him) and his Ahl al-Bayt — upon whom be the peace and blessings of Allah — and his Shia.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): [O Ali (peace be upon him)!] When the Day of Resurrection is established and the people are gathered together in one place, I and you on that day will be on the right side of the Throne of Allah. Allah the Blessed and Exalted will say: "O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and O Ali (peace be upon him)! Rise and cast into the Fire your enemies and opponents, and everyone who has denied you both, opposed you both, and rejected you both."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Ata ibn Riyah said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) about the meaning of the verse: أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ [Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one]. He said: "I and Ali (peace be upon him) will, on the Day of Resurrection, cast all our enemies into hell."