So, I said, ‘Which Wilayah?’ So he -asws said: ‘But these are not with a Wilayah in the Religion, but it is the Wilayah (Guardianship) regarding the marriages, and the inheritances, and the inter-mingling, and they are neither with the Momineen nor with the Kuffar (Unbelievers), and among them are the ones hopeful for the Command (Mercy) of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic’.
[20] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي لَا يَسَعُ الْعِبَادَ جَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ الدِّينُ وَاسِعٌ وَ لَكِنَّ الْخَوَارِجَ ضَيَّقُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ جَهْلِهِمْ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَأُحَدِّثُكَ بِدِينِيَ الَّذِي أَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ بَلَى فَقُلْتُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْإِقْرَارَ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَتَوَلَّاكُمْ وَ أَبْرَأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَ مَنْ رَكِبَ رِقَابَكُمْ وَ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ ظَلَمَكُمْ حَقَّكُمْ Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washha, from Musna, from Ismail Al-Ju’fy who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far -asws about the Religion which there is no leeway for the servants to be ignorant of it.
So, he -asws said: ‘The Religion is vast but the Kharijites narrowed it upon themselves due to their ignorance’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Can I narrate to you -asws with my Religion which I am upon?’ So he -asws said: ‘Yes’.
So I said, ‘I testify that there is no god except for Allah -azwj , and I testify that Muhammad -saww is His -azwj servant and His -azwj Rasool -saww , and I acknowledge with whatever he -saww came with from the Presence of Allah -azwj , and I befriend you -asws and disavow from your -asws enemies and the ones who stay away from you -asws rights and are ordering upon you -asws and are oppressing you -asws of your -asws rights’.
فَقَالَ مَا جَهِلْتَ شَيْئاً هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ سَلِمَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ نِسَاؤُكُمْ وَ أَوْلَادُكُمْ So, he -asws said: ‘You are not ignorant of anything. It is, by Allah -azwj , that which we -asws are upon’. I said, ‘So would anyone be safe if he does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah)?’ So he -asws said: ‘No, except for the weak ones (of understanding’.
I said, ‘Who are they?’ He -asws said: ‘Your womenfolk and your children’.