He -asws then said...
He -asws then said: ‘O Abu Mariam, do you know who is murdered over his stolen property? I replied, I pray to Allah -azwj to keep me in the service of your -asws cause, it is when a man is murdered defending his family, property and similar things. The Imam -asws said: ‘It is, instead, the effort (one should exert) عِرْفَانَ الْحَقِّ in order to know about the Haq (the Wilayat).
[55] و قال ع الإيمان قول مقبول و عمل معمول و عرفان بالمعقول (Amir-ul-Momineen -asws said): The Eman is nothing but to narrate the just (Ahadith), and regularly acts on these and to have a sound ‘عرفان’ knowledge of (Deen).
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