This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٢٦٨ - More on Affection
Anwar: Very good. Allah rewards you well. I have another question, please. We have learned that it is requisite to love the Imams (PBUT), but does that mean that resenting them expel the resentful out of the faith?
Hasan: Good question. This is how I put the answer:
· It is unanimous among Muslims that disregarding the duties commanded by the Almighty Allah relating to the Pillars of Islam entails infidelity.
· Resenting Imam Ali (PBUH) and his offspring, the infallible Imams (PBUT) entails hypocrisy as the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) put it addressing Amir Al-Mu’menin (PBUH): “Only the believers love you and only the hypocrites resent you”. Thus, we should know that the hypocrites have no faith and they are in the lower parts of Fire.
· Imam Ali (PBUH) is very identical to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as we read in the supplication (Mobahala) Verse:
(…and our near people and your near people…)٣;٦١.
He is the flesh and blood of the Messenger of Allah