Then he -asws recited Words of the Exalted...

Then he -asws recited Words of the Exalted: The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book [27:40] , then separated between his -asws fingers and placed them upon his -asws chest, then said: ‘By Allah -azwj , and with us -asws is knowledge of the Book, all of it!’’ [15] Imam -asws Rebukes those who do not follow Sunnah (Ahadith).

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Abu Saeed Al Qammat and Salih Bin Saeed, from Aban Bin Taghlub, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws , said, ‘He -asws was asked a question, and he -asws answered with regards to it. So, the man said, ‘The jurists are not saying this!’ So he -asws said: ‘O woe be unto you!

And have you ever seen a jurist at all?’ A jurist who is rightfully a jurist is the one ascetic in the world, the desirous regarding the Hereafter, the one attached with the Sunnah (Ahadith) of the Prophet -saww ’. [16] Why does one need Ahadith to interpret the Holy Quran? و عن عبدالرحمن بن الحجاج، قال: سمعت أبا عبدالله (عليه السلام) يقول: «ما أبعد عقول الرجال من تفسير القرآن».

And from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘There is nothing more remote from the intellects of the men than the interpretation (Tafseer) of the Quran?’. [17] و عن جابر قال: قال أبو عبدالله (عليه السلام): «يا جابر، إن للقرآن بطنا، و للبطن ظهرا». ثم قال: «يا جابر، و ليس شي‏ء أبعد من عقول الرجال منه، إن الآية لينزل أولها في شي‏ء، و أوسطها في شي‏ء، و آخرها في شي‏ء، و هو كلام متصل يتصرف على وجوه». And from Jabir, who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘O Jabir!

The Quran has an interior, and for the interior there is an exterior’. Then said, ‘O Jabir! And there isn’t anything more remote from the intellects of the men than it.