And the matter of Imamate is from the Completion of the Religion.

And the matter of Imamate is from the Completion of the Religion. و لم يمض رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) حتى بين لامته معالم دينهم، و أوضح لهم سبيلهم، و تركهم على قصد سبيل الحق، و أقام لهم عليا (عليه السلام) علما و إماما، و ما ترك شيئا تحتاج إليه الامة إلا بينه، فمن زعم أن الله عز و جل لم يكمل دينه فقد رد كتاب الله، و من رد كتاب الله فهو كافر به.

And Rasool-Allah -saww did not leave (this world) until he -saww had explained to his -saww community, then the matters of their Religion, and clarified for them their way, and left them facing the Way of the Truth. And he -saww nominated for them Ali -asws as a flag and an Imam -asws . And he -saww did not leave anything out which the community would need from him -saww except that he -saww explained it.

So the one who claims that Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Complete His -azwj Religion, so he has rejected the Book of Allah -azwj , and the one who rejects the Book of Allah -azwj so he is a Kafir with it’.

[26] عن جعفر بن محمد الخزاعي، عن أبيه، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: «لما نزل رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) عرفات يوم الجمعة أتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام)، فقال له: يا محمد، إن الله يقرئك السلام، و يقول لك: قل لامتك الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ بولاية علي بن أبي طالب وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً و لست انزل عليكم بعد هذا، قد أنزلت عليكم الصلاة و الزكاة و الصوم و الحج، و هي الخامسة، و لست أقبل هذه الأربعة إلا بها From Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Khazai’e, from his father who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘When Rasool-Allah -saww encamped at Arafaat on the day of Friday, Jibraeel -as came up to him -saww as said to him -saww : ‘O Muhammad -saww !

Allah -azwj Conveys His -azwj Greeting to you -saww and is Saying to you -saww : “Say to your -saww community Today I Perfected your Religion for you by the Wilayah of Ali Bin Abu Talib -asws and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al-Islam as a Religion for you [5:3] , and there will not be Revealed upon you all (any Obligation) after this, for there has been Revealed unto you the Salat , and the Zakat , and the Soam , and the Hajj, and this is the fifth, and these four wouldn’t be Acceptable except by it (Wilayah)’.

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