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1. Khairul Barit (Best Creation)
Hussain bin Saeed narrates from Maaz regarding this ayah, “As for those who believe and do good surely they are the best of creation” (98:7) was revealed for Ameerul Momineen (asws).
(Tafseer e Furat pg 218)
2. Khairul Ummat (Best of the ummah)
Abu Huraira narrates RasoolAllah (saw) said, ‘Ali (asws), Fatima (sa), Hasan (as) and Hussain (as) are the best of the ummah after Me. May the curse of Allah be upon those who deny this.”
(Maya al Munqaba pg 39)
3. Khairul Bashir (Best of men)
Uthman bin Zubair Al Maliki narrates “I saw Jabir walking in the streets of Ansar with the aid of a walking stick. He was saying “Ali (asws) is the best of men. One who denies this has commited kufr. O’Ansars! Raise your children with the love of Ali (asws). The one who denies you should look at his mother (meaning he is illegitimate).” Moula Ali (asws) said that RasoolAllah (saw) said, “O’Ali (asws)! You are the best of men. Only a kafir will deny this!”
(Amali Sudooq pg 69 and Ilal ul Sharie pg 142)
Huzaifa Yamani narrates RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Ali (asws) is the best of men. One who denies has commited kufr”.
(Biharul Anwar 38th Vol pg 6)
4. Khairatullah (Chosen by Allah)
Moula Ali (asws) narrates RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Allah looked upon the earth and chose Me. Second time He looked and chose You after Me for the guidance of My ummah. After Us, there will be no other like Us.”
(Ayun ul Akbar al Reza (as) Second Vol pg 67)
5. Kharisiya
In the Scriptures of Ibrahim (as) Moula (asws)’s name is Kharisiya.
(Maani ul Akbar)
6. Khairul Wasieen (Best of the Successors)
RasoolAllah (saw) said, “O’people! Verily, Ali (asws) is Caliph of Allah after Me. Verily, He is Ameerul Momineen (asws) and best of the successors. One who abandons Him has abandoned Me. One who oppresses Him has oppressed Me. One who tries to overcome Him has tried to overcome Me. One who is disloyal to Him is disloyal to Me. One who hates Him hates Me. One who loves Him loves Me because He is My brother and My successor. Ali (asws) and I were created from the same Noor.”
(Ayun al Akbar al Reza (as) Second Vol pg 13)
7. Khaleel Allah (Friend of Allah)
Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) narrates from His Father and His Grandfather, Imam Hussain (as) bin Ali (as) that RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as) is Mine and Allah’s caliph, the friend of Allah as well as Mine, Beloved of Allah as well as My beloved, and sword of Allah as well as Mine. He is My brother, My friend, and My successor. One who loves Him love Me. One who is envious with Him is envious with Me. His friend is My friend and His enemy is My enemy. His Wife (sa) is My Daughter (sa) and His Sons (as) are My Sons (as). His war is My war. His words are My words. His order is My order. Ali (asws) is the Master of Successors and Best of My ummah.”
(Maya Munqaba pg 9)
8. Khairul Nas (Best among the people)
Imam Abu Jafar Muhammad (as) bin Ali (as) al Baqir (as) narrates “I heard Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari saying, “One day RasoolAllah (saw) was at the place of Umm Ibrahim (as).
His companions were also with Him. When Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as) came, RasoolAllah (saw) looked upon Him and said, “O’ people! The best person after Me has arrived in your midst. Ali (asws) is your Moula. Obedience of Him is wajib (compulsory) the same way obedience to Me is wajib upon you. Disobeying His is haram (forbidden) the way disobeying Me is haram. O’ people! I am the city of wisdom and Ali (asws) is its key. No one can enter into the house without a key. The one who hates Ali (asws) but says he loves Me has lied.”
(Biharul Anwar 38th Vol pg 102)
9. Khairul Awaliya (Best Wali)
Abu Ayyub Ansari narrates RasoolAllah (saw) said, ‘On the night of Miraj when I ascended to the heavens and reached Sidrat ul Muntaha, I heard the wind singing a song. I asked Jibrael (as), “What is this?” He replied, “This is Sidrat ul Muntaha who is a lover of Your Cousin Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as).” When it looked upon RasoolAllah (saw), a crier could be heard saying these words from his Lord, “Muhammad (saw) is the best prophet and Ameerul Momineen Ali (asws) is the best wali. Those who have marifat of His Wilayat are the best creation. Their Lord will reward them with jannah that will filled with flowing rivers, and they will remain there for eternity. Allah is pleased with Ali (asws) and His Ahlul Bayt (as). They are Noor of Allah and associated with His mercy. They are the closest to Allah. Tuba is for Them. On the day of judgment, the entire creation will see Their status with Allah.”
(Tafseer e Furat pg 219)
10. Khalifatul Allah (Caliph of Allah)
Abu Abdullah Jafar (as) bin Muhammad (as) al Sadiq narrates “On the day of judgment, a crier will be heard from the Arsh saying, “Where is the Caliph of Allah upon the earth?”
Prophet Dawood (as) will stand. Then the voice will come, “We do not mean You even though You were a caliph of Allah”. Again the voice will ask, “Where is the Caliph of Allah?”
Then Ameerul Momineen (asws) will stand up and the voice of Allah will come, “O’ My creation! This is Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as). He is My caliph on the earth and My Hujjat (proof) upon My creation. One who was associated with His love in the world will be associated with His love today and will go into jannah.” Then Imam (as) said, ‘The people who were associated with the love of Ameerul Momineen (asws) will stand up. Moula Ali (asws) will take them towards jannah. Then a voice of Allah will be heard saying, “O’ people who followed Ali (asws) in the world, now follow Him towards jannah!”
“When those who were followed shall renounce those who followed them and they see the chastisement and their ties are cut asunder. And those who followed shall say: Had there been for us a return, then we would renounce them as they have renounced us.
Thus will Allah show them their deeds to be an anguish for them and they will not emerge from the Fire”. (2:166-167)
(Amali al Tulsi First Vol pg 97)
11. Khair min Khalf al Nabi (Best Inheritance of RasoolAllah saw)
I heard Ans bin Malik saying he heard from Salman Farsi (as) that RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Verily, My Brother, My Successor, and My Best inheritance is Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as) whom I left after Me.”
(Biharul Anwar 14th Vol pg 6)
12. Khalifatul Muhammad (saw) (Caliph of Muhammad saw)
Abdullah bin umar narrates RasoolAllah (saw) said to Ali (asws), “O’ Ali (asws)! On the day of judgment, a noor will come to You and upon Your head will be a crown whose light will be seen shining in every corner. People will feel as if they will become blind from the brightness of this light. The voice of Allah will be heard saying, “Where is the caliph of Muhammad (saw)?” You will say, “I am here”. A crier will announce, “O’Ali (asws)! Take those who have loved You into jannah and send those who were Your enemies into hell.
You are the distributor of heaven and hell.”
(Biharul Anwar 7th Vol pg 232)
13. Khatim al Wasieen (Seal of Successors)
RasoolAllah (saw) said, “I am the Seal of Prophets and Ali (asws) is the Seal of Successors”.
(Ayun al Akbar al Reza (as) First Vol pg 74)
14. Khazan Sar RasoolAllah (saw) (Trustee of the Secrets of RasoolAllah (saw)
Muhammad bin Mashkoor narrates “I heard Abu Amama saying, “We never doubted whenever Ali (asws) said anything because we heard RasoolAllah (saw) say, “Ali (asws) is the trustee of My secrets after Me”.
(Biharul Anwar 40th Vol pg 184)
15. Khasaf al Naal (Mender of Shoe)
Abu Saeed Khudri narrates “I heard RasoolAllah (saw) saying, “There is one amongst you who will fight upon Taweel ul Quran the way He fought Tanzeel ul Quran.” Abu Bakr said, “O’RasoolAllah (saw)! Am I that person?” RasoolAllah (saw) replied, “No, He is the one who is in the tent mending the shoe.” That person was Ameerul Momineen (asws) to whom RasoolAllah (saw) had given His shoe to mend.
(Al Ghadeer 3rd Edition pg 130)
16. Khairatullah min Khaliqat (Best of the creation of Allah)
Abu Nofal narrates I heard Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) saying, “We are the best creation of Allah.
Our shia are the best ummah (nation) of the Prophet.”
(Basharit ul Mustafa pg 95)
17. Khazanat (Precious treasure)
Imam Abu Musa (as) al Sadiq (as) narrates “When Allah created Us, He made Us the best of His creation. When He gave Us Our physical form, it was from the best of forms and made Us a precious treasure upon the earth and the heavens. Trees spoke to Us. Allah is being worshipped through Our worship if We had not come into existence, then Allah would have not been worshipped.”
(Usool e Kafi First Vol pg 193)
18. Al Mastakhalif (Representative of Allah upon the earth)
Abdullah bin Sinan narrates from Imam Sadiq (as) regarding this ayah of Quran, “Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them representatives in the earth as He made representatives of those before them and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them” (24:55). Imam (as) said, “This ayah was revealed for Ameerul Momineen Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as) and the Imams (as) from His offspring.” Then Imam (as) said, “This ayah “that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them and that He wil most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange”(24:55) is in reference to the zahoor of Qaim (ajfts).”
(Taweel ul Ayat First Vol pg 368)
19. Khat
Moula Ali (asws) said, “I am dot. I am khat (letter). I am dot. I am dot. And I am khat.”
(Manqib ibn Shahr Ashoob Second Vol pg 327)
20. Khashaay (Submissive ones)
Ibne Abbas (ra) narrates regarding this saying of Allah, “And see assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it is a hard thing except for the submissive ones.” (2:45), He says, “The most submissive in the prayers are RasoolAllah (saw) and Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as).”
(Tafseer e Furat pg 20)
21. Khazan ilm Allah (Trustee of the Knowledge of Allah)
Moula Ali (asws) says to His Son Imam Hasan (as), “I am the trustee of the knowledge of Allah”.
22. Khaleel Jibrael (as) (Friend of Jibrael as)
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am the friend of Jibrael (as).”
23. Khairul Umam (Best of ummah)
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am the best of ummah.”
24. Khalasat al Asara
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am khulasatul asara”.
25. Khams al Kisa (Fifth of the Cloak)
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am the fifth of the Cloak”.
26. Khairat al Akhiyar (Best of the best)
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am best of the best.”
27. Khairat ul Nireen
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutbat ul Bayan, “I am Khairatul Nireen”.
28. Khatim al Awajim
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutbat ul Bayan, “I am Khatim al Awajim”.
29. Khairatul Mahin
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutbat ul Bayan, “I am Khairatul Mahin”.
30. Khalifatul Risalat (Caliph of Risalat)
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am the caliph of risalat”.
31. Khila Khaleel
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am khila khaleel.”
32. Khiba al Qurah
Moula Ali (asws) says in Khutba Bayan, “I am Khiba al Qurah”.
33. Khair ul Awileen (Best of previous nations)
Rasool Allah (saw) looked upon Moula Ali (asws) and said, “You are the best of the previous nations. Those who are from the heavens and the earth. You are the master of those who are trustworthy, master of successors, Imam of muttaqeen (pious), and leader of the people with shining foreheads.”
(Maya al Munqaba pg 88)
34. Khashaay (Submissive ones)
Ibne Abbas (ra) narrates regarding this saying of Allah, “And seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it is a hard thing except for the submissive ones.”
(2:45), He says, “The most submissive in the prayers are RasoolAllah (saw) and Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as).”
(Tafseer e Furat pg 60)
35. Khali min kal zur (far from every lie)
Muttawakil asked Zaid bin Harrisa al Basri regarding Moula Ali (asws). He said, “Ali (asws) is one who is the order of justice and favor from Allah. He is the one who opened the doors of knowledge of the religions. He is the recitor of Quran and a threat to shaitan (la). He is the compiler of the orders of Quran. He is the ruler of man and jinns. He is far from every lie and evil. He is the proof for those who ask for proof. He is the one who remembered His Lord secretly and openly. He is the one who submitted Himself before His Lord when the darkness prevails. He is the best forgiver and most patient. He is the wrath upon the enemies of Allah. His knowledge is greater than anyone else. He is the most brave, most courageous. He is the one who established the laws of Allah. He is the Husband of the Best Woman (sa) and Allah mentions Him in His Book. He is the Wali of Momins. He guides those who seek guidance. He is the mercy for those who seek mercy.