Muhammad Bin Yaqoub...

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, rom Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Al Abbas, from Al Hassan Biin Abdul Rahman, from Aasim Bin Hameed, from Abu Hamza, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws that (Imam -asws ) said, ‘(Regarding) the Words of the Mighty and Majestic [6:23] By Allah, our Lord, we were not Polytheists , he -asws said: ‘They would be meaning (they were not associating anyone with) the Wilayah of Ali -asws ’.

[9] Help from an Enemy of Allah -azwj is Shirk: Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws said about the verse (12:106): (12:106):وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other as partners) with Him! This verse is for those people who submitted to Iblis -la and then kept on following him in ignornace and thus the element of Shirk crawled into them.

[10] In another tradition, Imam AbuAbullah -asws said: the Verse (12:106): And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others (with Him) .

Imam -asws explained that this verse refers to the ‘Shirk in obdience’ (Shirk Tayat) and not to the ‘Shirk in worship’ (Shirk Ibada) and the Verse (22:11): [11] ….وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ And among men is he who worships Allah (standing) on the verge… Imam -asws replied this verse was descended for a single person but it applied to all those who followed him.

I asked: Will that who takes an Imam someone else instead of those Nominated by Allah -azwj would fall under this Verse? Imam -asws replied: Yes, just him or sometimes even all those who follow him. [12] عن مالك بن عطية، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قوله: وَ ما يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا وَ هُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ. قال: «هو الرجل يقول: لو لا فلان لهلكت، و لو لا فلان لأصبت كذا و كذا، و لو لا فلان لضاع عيالي، ألا ترى أنه قد جعل لله شريكا في ملكه، يرزقه و يدفع عنه».

From Malik Bin Atiya, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding His -azwj Words [12:106] And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others (with Him) . He -asws said: ‘It is the speech of the man, ‘Had it not been for so and so, I would have perished. And had it not been for so and so, such and such would have afflicted me. And had it not been for so and so, my family would have been lost’.

Do you not see that he has made for himself a partner with Allah -azwj in His -azwj Kingdom, Sustaining him and Defending him?’ قال: قلت: فيقول: لو لا أن الله من علي بفلان لهلكت؟ قال: «نعم، لا بأس بهذا».

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