و لقد حدثني أبي...

و لقد حدثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): أن أقوالكم هذه ذكرت عنده، في قول الله تعالى: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ فغضب (عليه السلام)، و قال: إن الله تعالى لا يسأل عباده عما تفضل عليهم به، و لا يمن بذلك عليهم، و الامتنان مستقبح من المخلوقين، فكيف يضاف إلى الخالق عز و جل ما لا يرضى به للمخلوقين؟ And my -asws father -asws has narrated to me -asws from Abu Abdullah -asws that these words of yours were mentioned in his -asws presence regarding the Words of Allah -azwj the Exalted: Then you will be Questioned on that Day about the bounties [102:8] , so he -asws got annoyed and said: ‘Allah -azwj will not Question His -azwj servants about what He -azwj had Granted them of His -azwj Grace, nor what He -azwj Conferred upon them with that, and the gratitude of the creatures would become repugnant for them.

So how can it be furthered to the Creator Mighty and Majestic, what the creatures are not agreeable with? و لكن النعيم حبنا أهل البيت و موالاتنا، يسأل الله عنه بعد التوحيد و النبوة، لأن العبد إذا وفى بذلك أداه إلى نعيم الجنة الذي لا يزول But the Bounty is our -asws love, the People -asws of the Household, and to be in our -asws Wilayah.

Allah -azwj would Question you all about it after the Tawheed and the Prophet-hood, because if the servant is loyal to that, the bounties would be added to him of the Paradise, where these would never decline.

و لقد حدثني بذلك أبي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن علي، عن أبيه علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه الحسين بن علي، عن أبيه (عليهم السلام)، أنه قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): يا علي، إن أول ما يسأل عنه العبد بعد موته شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، و أن محمدا رسول الله، و أنك ولي المؤمنين، بما جعله الله و جعلته لك، فمن أقر بذلك و كان يعتقده صار إلى النعيم الذي لا زوال له And my -asws father -asws has narrated that to me -asws , from his -asws father -asws , from Muhammad Bin Ali -asws , from his -asws father -asws Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , from his -asws father -asws Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws , from his -asws father -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O Ali -asws !

The first Question which the servants would be asked after their death is the testimony that there is no god except Allah -azwj , and that Muhammad -saww is the Rasool-Allah -saww , and that you -asws are the Guardian of the Momineen, by what Allah -azwj has Made it (Al-Wilayah) and what He -azwj Made it to be for you -asws .

✦ ✦ ✦