He -azwj Said...

He -azwj Said, ‘Whatever difficulty you -saww were in, We -azwj Gave you -saww ease’. So when you are free, then nominate [94:7] . He -azwj Said: ‘So, when you -saww are free from the farewell Hajj, then nominate Amir Al-Momineen -asws , And to your Lord be hopeful [94:8] ’’.

[25] The Announcement of Successor and the Completion of Religion: محمد بن يعقوب: عن أبي محمد القاسم بن العلاء (رحمه الله)، رفعه، عن عبد العزيز بن مسلم، قال: كنا مع الرضا (عليه السلام) بمرو، فاجتمعنا في الجامع يوم الجمعة في بدء مقدمنا، فأداروا أمر الإمامة، و كثرة اختلاف الناس فيها، فدخلت على سيدي (عليه السلام)، فأعلمته في خوض الناس فيه، فتبسم (عليه السلام)، ثم قال: «يا عبد العزيز، جهل القوم، و خدعوا عن أديانهم Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Abu Muhammad Al-Qasim Bin Al-A’la, raising it, from Abdul Aziz Bin Muslim who said, ‘I was with Al-Reza -asws as Merv, and we had gathered in the Mosque on Friday during the beginning of our arrival.

So they were narrating the matter of the Imamate, and there was a lot of differing by the people with regards to it. So I went over to my Master -asws and informed him -asws of the quarrelling of the people regarding it. So he -asws smiled at me, then said: ‘O Abdul Aziz! The people are ignorant and have been deceived about their religions.

إن الله عز و جل لم يقبض نبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله) حتى أكمل له الدين، و أنزل عليه القرآن فيه تبيان كل شي‏ء، بين فيه الحلال و الحرام، و الحدود و الأحكام، و جميع ما يحتاج إليه الناس كملا Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Cause His -azwj Prophet -saww to pass away until Completing the Religion for him -saww , and Revealed the Quran unto him -saww in which is the explanation of everything, regarding the Permissibles, and the Prohibitions, and the Legal punishment, and the Ordinances, and the entirety of what the people would be needy to from him -saww in totality.

و قال عز و جل: ما فَرَّطْنا فِي الْكِتابِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ و أنزل فيه ما أنزل في حجة الوداع- و هي آخر عمره (صلى الله عليه و آله)-: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً، و أمر الإمامة من تمام الدين And the Mighty and Majestic Said: We did not neglect in the Book of anything [6:38] ; and Revealed in it what He -azwj Revealed during the Farewell Pilgrimage – and it was at the end of his -saww lifetime: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3] .

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