It is for you to follow the footsteps of the Messenger -saww...

It is for you to follow the footsteps of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj and his -saww Sunnah, and the footsteps of the Imams -asws of Guidance from the People -asws of the Household of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj from after him -saww and their -asws Sunnah.

So the one who takes to that has been guided, and the one who avoided that and abandoned it, went astray, because they -asws are the ones -asws for whom Allah -azwj Commanded (the people) to be obedient to, and for their -asws Wilayah.

اللَّهَ أَمَرَ بِوَلَايَةِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الَّذِينَ سَمَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَ جَعَلْناهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِوَلَايَتِهِمْ وَ طَاعَتِهِمْ وَ الَّذِينَ نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْ وَلَايَتِهِمْ وَ طَاعَتِهِمْ وَ هُمْ أَئِمَّةُ الضَّلَالَةِ الَّذِينَ قَضَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ دُوَلٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي دُولَتِهِمْ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَ مَعْصِيَةِ رَسُولِهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لِيَحِقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ وَ لِيَتِمَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مَعَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ الرُّسُلِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ Allah -azwj has Commanded for the Wilayah of the Imams -asws whom Allah -azwj has Names in His -azwj Book in His -azwj Statement: “[21:73] And We made them Imams who guided (people) by Our command” and they -asws are the ones -asws for whom -asws Allah -azwj has Commanded the Wilayah for, and to be in their -asws obedience.

And the ones whom Allah -azwj has Forbidden to be in their wilayah, these are the imams of misguidance, for whom Allah -azwj has Decreed for them the governance in the world over the friends of Allah -azwj and the Imams -asws from the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww .

They act in disobedience to Allah -azwj in their governments, and in disobedience to His -azwj Messenger -saww so that the Words of the Punishment become reality against them, and that you can end up being with the Prophet -saww of Allah -azwj Muhammad -saww and the Messengers -as before him -saww .

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