ثم تناول يده وبايعه Then he said...

ثم تناول يده وبايعه Then he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws , extend your -asws hand so I can give allegiance to you, for I testify that there is no god except Allah -azwj , and I testify that Muhammad -saww is His -azwj servant and His -azwj Messenger -saww , and I testify that you -asws are the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah -saww in his -saww community, and are his -saww successor -asws , and his -saww witness over His -azwj earth and Proof in His -azwj earth, and that Islam is the religion of Allah -azwj and I distance myself from every religion that is different to the Religion of Islam, for it is the Religion that Allah -azwj has Chosen Himself -azwj and is Pleased with it for His -azwj Guardians, and it is the Religion of Isa -as Bin Maryam -as and the ones before him -as from the Prophets -as and the Messengers -as .

And this is what the ones who have passed from my forefathers had made it to be their Religion. And I hereby befriend you -asws and your -asws friends, and distance myself from your -asws enemies and befriend the eleven Imams -asws from your -asws children, and distance myself from their -asws enemies and from the ones who oppose them -asws , and distance myself from those who claimed their -asws rights, and oppressed them, be they from the former ones or the later ones.

Then he took his -asws hand and gave allegiance to him -asws . فحمد الله أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام وأثنى عليه وقال: (الحمد لله الذي لو شاء لم تختلف الأمة ولم تفترق، والحمد لله الذي لم ينسني ولم يضع أمري ولم يخمل ذكري عنده وعند أوليائه إذ صغر وخمل ذكر أولياء الشيطان وحزبه) So, Amir Al-Momineen -asws Praised Allah -azwj and Extolled Him -azwj , and said: ‘Praise be to the One -azwj Who, had He -azwj Desired as such, there would have been no differences in the community nor would it have been separated (into sects), and Praise be to Allah -azwj Who did not Forget me -asws or let my -asws affairs go to waste, and did not Hide my -asws remembrance with Him -azwj or His -azwj Friends , even a little, and Hid the remembrance of the friends of the Satan -la and his -la group (an extract).