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==Literal meaning== | ==Literal meaning== | ||
The word "Ya'sub" (Arabic: {{ia|یعسوب}}) literally means ruler and the Queen Bee. It also means leader and senior member or head of a group. [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] was called Ya'sub al-Din or Ya'sub al-Mu'minin because, as the Queen Bee is the leader and the ruler of the bees, he is the ruler and the leader of the believers.<ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn'', vol. 2, p. 121.</ref> And as bees follow their Queen, believers | The word "Ya'sub" (Arabic: {{ia|یعسوب}}) literally means ruler and the Queen Bee. It also means leader and senior member or head of a group. [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] was called Ya'sub al-Din or Ya'sub al-Mu'minin because, as the Queen Bee is the leader and the ruler of the bees, he is the ruler and the leader of the believers.<ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn'', vol. 2, p. 121.</ref> And as bees follow their Queen, believers shall follow Imam 'Ali (a).<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 19, p. 224.</ref> [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]] took "ya'sub" to refer to a person who has authority over people.<ref>Nahj al-balāgha, p. 517; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 51, p. 113.</ref> | ||
==Hadith== | ==Hadith== | ||