A Believer
وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْرَاهِيمَ {83}
And indeed from his Shias, was Ibrahim [37:83]
Congratulations for being named as a Shia
علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبو العباس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن النضر بن سويد، عن سماعة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) أنه قال: «ليهنئكم الاسم». قلت: و ما هو، جعلت فداك؟ قال: «الشيعة».
Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘Abu Al-Abbasi narrated to me, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Isa, from Al-nazar Bin Suweyd, from Sama’at, from Abu Baseer,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Congratulation for the name!’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, and what (name) is it?’ He-asws: ‘The Shia’.
قيل: إن الناس يعيروننا بذلك! قال: «أما تسمع قول الله: وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهِيمَ، و قوله: فَاسْتَغاثَهُ الَّذِي مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فليهنئكم الاسم». It was said, ‘The people are recognising us by that!’ He-asws said: ‘Have you not heard the Words of Allah-azwj: And indeed from his Shias, was Ibrahim [37:83]. And His-azwj Words: The one who was from his Shias cried out for his help against the one who was his enemy [28:15], so congratulations for the name’.[1]
[1] تفسير القمّي 2: 223