“Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze.” (Qur’an 35:6)
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“Do not follow Satan’s steps; he is clearly your enemy.” (Qur’an 2:168)
Imami Shi’a sources state that Iblis loves Imam Ali and that Iblis can narrate from the Prophet (saw) concerning him (Ali).
Narration from Iblis -that He loves Imam Ali also.
From Al-Hussayn B. Ahmad Al-Alawi From Ali B. Ahmad B. Ibn Ali From Hassan B. Ibrahim Al-Abbasy From Umayr B. Mirdas Al-Dawaqli From Ja’afar B. Nasheed Al-Malakeyyi From Waki’a From Al-Masoudi: That He Heard that Salman Al Farisi(May Allah have mercy on him)) Say: Iblees(May Allah’s curse be upon him) Once came upon a people that were backbiting The Amir ul Mumineen So, he stood in front of them and the people then said: : ‘Who is this that stands in front of us?’ He said: ‘I Am Abu Murrah’ Then they replied: “Do you not hear what we say?” So he said: “Do you insult your master Ali B. Abi Talib?” They then said: “And where did you get this that he is our master?” So He said: “From the sayings of your Prophet that “Whoever I am his master Ali is also his master. Oh Allah avow whoever avows him and disavow whoever disavows him and aid whoever aids him and abandon whoever abandons him.” So they then asked: “Are you of those who Avow him and of his party?’” He replied: “I am not of those who avow him nor am I of his party but I am one who loves him.“
This hadith is contained in the following Imami Shi’i sources.
Sources: 1 (Al-Amāli by Al-Shaykh Al-Sadūq, in Session 88 (Majlis 88), Hadith #10.)
Sources: 2 (Bihar al-Anwar – Allamah al-Majlisi – Vol. 60 – Page 237) –http://shiaonlinelibrary.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8/1491_%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%AC-%D9%A6%D9%A0/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_239
Sources: 3 (Bihar al-Anwar – Allamah al-Majlisi – Vol. 39 – Page 162)
We are dismayed that a book titled: Bihar al-Anwar or “Oceans of Lights” would have such hadith to begin with.
Even though this hadith has the status of marfu, there are questions that remain.
- Is it the belief of those who propagate such hadith that Iblis can take human form and narrate from the Blessed Messenger (saw)?
- If Iblis could take human form and narrate from the Blessed Messenger (saw) how can a lone narrator’s report concerning Ali ever be acceptable?
- How can Iblis love his enemies when the whole of humanity is his enemy?
- Iblis says that he is in Wilayat with Imam Ali.
- From our perspective, this hadith in which Iblis claims to love Imam Ali is problematic.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
“Whoever sees me in a dream has (really) sees me, for Satan cannot imitate me.”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:3905)
The issue with the above narration should be self-evident. This hadith is not problematic at all if it is a reference to the immediate audience and those who have first hand seen the Blessed Prophet (saw). However, it becomes problematic thereafter in that no one has seen the Blessed Prophet (saw) firsthand, all we have are descriptions of his noble being.
Thus, the proof against taking dreams as evidence has been established. Why? The admission here is that Satan cannot imitate the Prophet (saw). But, if one has not seen him first hand ……well, we wil let you reflect on that.
So to be clear we are not rejecting the hadith of the Blessed Prophet (saw) about those seeing his blessed being in a dream (from those who actually saw him and met him). We believe that the narration is authentic and the Blessed Prophet (saw) said this.
In our article here there is a video with a number of Imami Shi’a wishing peace upon Iblis after saying his name:
For more on hadith in relation to Ghadir Khum please see:
https://primaquran.com/2022/10/05/hadith-on-ghadir-khum
May Allah guide the Ummah!
May Allah forgive the Ummah!
May Allah protect the Ummah.
Prima Quran 
On the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib, he said: “I was sitting near the Kaaba, and there was a hunched old man whose eyebrows had fallen over his eyes from extreme old age. In his hand was a cane, and on his head was a red cloak, and he was wearing a coat of hair. He approached the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, while his back was leaning against the Kaaba, and said: O Messenger of God, pray for forgiveness for me. The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: Your efforts have been in vain, O old man, and your work has been lost. When the old man turned away, he said: O Abu al-Hasan, do you recognize him? I said: O God, no. He said: That is the accursed Iblis. Ali said: So I ran after him until I caught up with him and threw him to the ground and sat on his chest and put my hand on his throat to strangle him. He said to me: Do not do that, O Abu al-Hasan, for I am (among those who are given respite until the appointed time). By God, O Ali, I LOVE you very much, and no one has hated you except that i have made myself a partner in his mother and become the son of fornication. So I laughed and let him go.”[uyun akhbar arridha 1/77 authenticated by Sistani in Ikhtilaf AlHadith 13]
Al-Bahrani says – quoting Al-Barsi – “It is mentioned in the Shiite books on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful that Satan passed by him one day, so the Commander of the Faithful said to him: O Abu Al-Harith, what have you stored today for the Day of Resurrection? He said: Your LOVE . So when the Day of Resurrection comes, I will bring out what I have stored of Your names that no describer can describe. And every name that is hidden from people, its apparent meaning is with Me, God has symbolized it in His Book. No one knows it except God and those firmly grounded in knowledge. So when God loves a servant, He reveals his insight and teaches it to him, so that servant, with that secret, is the true eye of the nation. And that name is the one by which the heavens and the earth were established, and He disposes of things as He wills.”«مدينة معاجز الأئمة الاثني عشر ودلائل الحجج على البشر»، هاشم البحراني (1/127).
Al-Majlisi narrated in “Bihar al-Anwar” a long narration on the authority of Ibn Abbas, peace be upon him, in which he said: “The Prophet, Ali, and Ja’far gathered at Fatima’s house while she was praying. When she finished, she saw dates on a plate to her right, and seven loaves of bread and seven roasted birds to her left, a bowl of milk, a bowl of honey, a cup of Paradise drink, and a jug of fresh water. So she prostrated, praised God, and prayed for her father, and served the dates. When they had finished eating, the table was served. Suddenly, a beggar called from behind the door: People of the House of Generosity, would you like to feed the poor?” So Fatima reached out to a loaf of bread and placed a bird on it, and carried the cup, and wanted to give it to the beggar, but the Messenger of Allah smiled in her face and said: It is forbidden to this beggar, then he informed her that he is Satan, may Allah curse him, and that if we were to console him, he would be among the people of Paradise. When they finished eating, Ali came out of the house and faced Satan, and she wept at him and rebuked him, and said to him: The judge between me and you is the sword. Do you not know of the annihilation of the one for whom you have descended, O accursed one? You disrupted the hospitality of Allah’s light on His earth with your words. The Prophet (PBUH) said: All his affairs are up to the Judge on the Day of Judgment. Satan said: O Messenger of Allah, I longed to see Ali, so I came to take the lion’s share from him, and by Allah I am one of his friends and I am his loyalist.“Bahr Al-Anwar”, Al-Majlisi (37/102).
antimajos has a bunch of videos on this:
youtube.com/shorts/CTxaZzFoCF8
“Imagine if Ibadi books contained claims like, ‘Iblis loves Imam Ali,’ ‘Umar killed Fatima,’ or ‘Ali fought aliens.’ The entire Ummah would reject them as Khawarij nasibi. But when Shias do it, it’s a different story.”