فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَا حُسَيْنُ أَجِبِ...

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَا حُسَيْنُ أَجِبِ الرَّجُلَ فَقَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ النَّاسِ فَنَحْنُ النَّاسُ وَ لِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفاضَ النَّاسُ‏ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الَّذِي أَفَاضَ بِالنَّاسِ Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘O Husayn -asws , answer the man!’ Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘As for your words, ‘Inform me about the people’, so we -asws are the people, and for that Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted is His -azwj Mention Said in His -azwj Book: Then hasten on from the Place from which the people (Ibrahim and Ismail) hastened on [2:199] , so it was Rasool-Allah -saww who hastened with the people.

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ أَشْبَاهُ النَّاسِ فَهُمْ شِيعَتُنَا وَ هُمْ مَوَالِينَا وَ هُمْ مِنَّا وَ لِذَلِكَ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي‏ And as for your word, ‘ Ones resembling the people’, so they are our -asws Shias , and they are ones in our Wilayah, and for that Ibrahim -as said: ‘ then whoever follows me, so he is from me [14:36] .

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ النَّسْنَاسُ فَهُمُ السَّوَادُ الْأَعْظَمُ وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى جَمَاعَةِ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ إِنْ هُمْ‏ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا. And as for your words, ‘ The Nasnaas ’, so they are the vast majority’ – and he -asws gestured by his -asws hand towards a group of the people, then said: They are nothing except like cattle; but, they are more straying from the way [25:44] ’’.

[2] بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: حَجَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَلَمَّا صِرْنَا فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ صَعِدَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ فَأَشْرَفَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ مَا أَكْثَرَ الضَّجِيجَ وَ أَقَلَّ الْحَجِيجَ‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ الرَّقِّيُّ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَسْتَجِيبُ اللَّهُ دُعَاءَ هَذَا الْجَمْعِ الَّذِي أَرَى (The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Al Husayn, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, from Al Hassan Bin Al Bara’a, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman, meaning Ibn Kaseer who said, ‘I performed a Hajj with Abu Abdullah -asws , when we were in one of the roads, he -asws climbed on the mountain and surveyed and looked at the people.