Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam -asws ) narrates that when...

Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam -asws ) narrates that when Rasool-Allah -saww finished the Farewell Pilgrimage, this Verse was Revealed: O Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67] . So, the Rasool Allah -saww called for the congregational Prayer (on the 18 th of Zil-Hajj).

The people gathered and Rasool Allah -saww said: ‘Who is foremost among you than your own selves?’ They all said, ‘Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww ’. The Rasool Allah -saww grabbed Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws and said: ‘For the ones for whom I -saww am Mola (Master), for them, Ali -asws is Mola! Our Allah -azwj !

Befriend the one who befriends him -asws , and Do not favour the one who does not favour him ‑asws , and Help the one who helps him -asws , and Abandon the one who abandons him -asws , for he -asws is from me -saww and I -saww a m from him -asws , and he -asws is to me what Haroun -as was to Musa -as except that there is no Prophet -saww after me -saww ’.

And it was the last Obligation which Allah -azwj the High Obligated upon the community of Mohammed -saww , then Allah -azwj Revealed unto His -azwj Prophet -saww : This day have I Perfected for you your Religion and Completed My Favour on you and Chosen for you Islam as a Religion ’ [5:3] . Rasool Allah -saww said in the sermon at Ghadeer e Khum: O you people! I -saww have made known to you your ‘Master’ and your Imam -asws after me -saww ; your evidence and your guide.

He -asws is Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws and he -asws is among you at the status that I -saww am among you. So, emulate him -asws (do his -asws Taqleed) , and obey him -asws in all of your affairs, for in his ‑asws possession is what Allah -azwj has Taught me -saww , and Ordered for me -saww , and I -saww have made it known to him -asws , and I -saww am letting you know that it is with him -asws .

So, ask him -asws and learn from him -asws and from the successors -asws after him -asws , and do not try to teach them -asws nor go in front of them -asws nor be left behind them -asws , for they -asws are with the ‘Haq’ (truth) and the ‘Haq’ is with them -asws , neither will they -asws leave it nor will it leave them -asws ’ (an extract).