Protection, guard,
Muhafaza
Useful information:
Verse of Guardianship: "O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those vested with authority over you ( 'ul ul-'amr minkum ). And if you quarrel about something, refer it to Allah and the Messenger."Qur'an 4:59
This verse, as explained in the previous section, refers to the guardianship of Imam 'Ali ( pbuh ) and, subsequently, the rest of the ahl al-bayt . The Holy Prophet ( pbuh&hf ) has said about 'those vested with authority over you': "Those are my successors, and the leaders of the Muslims after me. The first of them is 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, then al-Hasan and al-Husayn, then 'Ali ibn al-Husayn, then Muhammad ibn 'Ali, who is known as al-Baqir...then al-Sadiq Ja'far ibn Muhammad, then Musa ibn Ja'far, then 'Ali ibn Musa, then Muhammad ibn 'Ali, then 'Ali ibn Muhammad, then al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, then the one who bears my name - Muhammad. And he will be the proof ( hujja ) of Allah on the earth." Tafsir al-Burhan