[23] حدثنا محمد بن القاسم الاسترابادي قال...

Love for the Sake of Allah -azwj and hate for the Sake of Allah -azwj , and befriend for the Sake of Allah -azwj and be inimical for the Sake of Allah -azwj , for the Wilayah of Allah -azwj cannot be achieved except by that.

ولا يجد رجل طعم الايمان وان كثرت صلاته وصيامه حتى يكون كذلك وقد صارت مواخاة الناس يومكم هذا اكثرها في الدنيا، عليها يتواددون وعليها يتباغضون وذلك لا يغني عنهم من الله شيئا And a man cannot find (taste) the food of the man (faith) even if he is frequent in his Prayers, and his Fasting, until he becomes like that. Most of the brotherhood that takes place among the people today is for the sake of the world.

They are being cordial for the sake of it and being hateful for its sake, and that they would not benefit anything from Allah -azwj ’.

فقال له: وكيف لي ان اعلم انى قد واليت وعاديت في الله عز وجل ومن ولى الله تعالى حتى اواليه، ومن عدوه حتى أعاديه فاشارله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله إلى علي ” ع ” فقال أترى هذا فقال بلى فقال ولى هذا ولى الله فواله وعدو هذا عدوالله فعاده So he said to him -saww , ‘And how can I know that I have befriended and been inimical for the Sake of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and who is a friend of Allah -azwj the High until I go and befriend him, and who is His -azwj enemy so that I can go and be inimical to him?’ So, Rasool-Allah -saww indicated towards Ali -asws and said, ‘Do you see this one -asws ?’ So he said, ‘Yes’.

So he -saww said: ‘A friend of his -asws is a friend of Allah -azwj , so befriend him -asws . And an enemy of his -asws is an enemy of Allah -azwj , so be inimical to him’.