وَ إِنَّمَا خُلِّدَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لِأَنَّ...

وَ إِنَّمَا خُلِّدَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لِأَنَّ نِيَّاتِهِمْ كَانَتْ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَنْ لَوْ بَقُوا فِيهَا أَنْ يُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ أَبَداً فَبِالنِّيَّاتِ خُلِّدَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ هَؤُلَاءِ And rather, the people of Paradise will be in the Paradise eternally because their intentions in the world were that if they had remained in it (eternally), they would have obeyed Allah -azwj for ever. So it is with the intentions, those ones and these ones will be there eternally’.

ثُمَّ تَلَا قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى‏ قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلى‏ شاكِلَتِهِ‏ قَالَ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ‏. Then he -asws recited Words of the Exalted: Say: ‘Every one acts according to his own disposition; [17:84] . He -asws said: ‘Upon his intention’’.

[9] الخصال ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: لَا حَسَبَ لِقُرَشِيٍّ وَ لَا عَرَبِيٍّ إِلَّا بِتَوَاضُعٍ وَ لَا كَرَمَ إِلَّا بِتَقْوَى وَ لَا عَمَلَ إِلَّا بِنِيَّةٍ وَ لَا عِبَادَةَ إِلَّا بِتَفَقُّهٍ (The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkil, from Al Himeyri, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiya, from Al Sumali, ‘From Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws having said: ‘There is neither any rank for a Qureyshi nor for an Arabian except with humbleness, and there is no honour except with piety, nor any deed except with intention, nor worship except with understanding.

أَلَا وَ إِنَّ أَبْغَضَ النَّاسِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَنْ يَقْتَدِي بِسُنَّةِ إِمَامٍ وَ لَا يَقْتَدِي بِأَعْمَالِهِ. Indeed, and the most hateful of the people to Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is one who believes in Sunnah of an Imam -asws and not follow his -asws deeds’’.

[10] الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنِ ابْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مَنْ صَدَقَ لِسَانُهُ زَكَى عَمَلُهُ وَ مَنْ حَسُنَتْ نِيَّتُهُ زِيدَ فِي رِزْقِهِ وَ مَنْ حَسُنَ بِرُّهُ بِأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ زِيدَ فِي عُمُرِهِ‏.