قَالَ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ...
قَالَ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الْإِيمَانُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْإِقْرَارُ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ He (the narrator) said, ‘He -asws said: ‘Testimony that there is no god except Allah -azwj , and the Eman with Rasool-Allah -saww , and the acknowledgment with whatever he -saww came with from the Presence of Allah -azwj ’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ الزَّكَاةُ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ شَيْءٌ دُونَ شَيْءٍ فَضْلٌ يُعْرَفُ لِمَنْ أَخَذَ بِهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يَعْرِفُ إِمَامَ زَمَانِهِ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع Then he -asws said: ‘The Zakat and the Wilayah is a thing besides a thing, a merit recognised for the one who takes with it.
Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘One who dies not having recognise the Imam -asws of his time dies a death of the pre-Islamic period’. And Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59] , and it was Ali -asws .
وَ قَالَ آخَرُونَ لَا بَلْ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ كَانَ حَسَنٌ ثُمَّ كَانَ حُسَيْنٌ وَ قَالَ آخَرُونَ هُوَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَا سِوَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَزِيدُكُمْ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ زِدْهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ And others said, ‘No, it is Muawiya’. But it was Hassan -asws , then it was Husayn -asws , and others said it was Yazeed Bin Muawiya -la not besides him -la ’.
Then he -asws said: ‘Shall I -asws increase for you all?’ One of the group said, ‘Increase it, may I be sacrificed for you -asws !’ قَالَ ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع ثُمَّ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ قَبْلَهُ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ وَ لَا حَرَامٍ إِلَّا مَا تَعَلَّمُوا مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فَفَتَحَ لَهُمْ وَ بَيَّنَ لَهُمْ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَصَارُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ بَعْدَ مَا كَانُوا يَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمْ He -asws said: ‘Then it was Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , then it was Abu Ja’far -asws , and the Shias before him -asws were neither recognising what they were needy to from the Permissible(s) and the Prohibitions, except what they had learnt from the people, until it was (era of) Abu Ja’far -asws .
He -asws opened (their eyes) for them and explained to them and taught them, so they became teaching the people after they had been learning from them.
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