This is surely a strange deed.

This is surely a strange deed. If your love is sincere, you will obey Him. Certainly, the lover obeys the one he loves” Al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Washa (of Baghdad) narrated: In Khurasan, I, once, was with Imam Reza (a.s) while he was delivering a sermon in a session. Zaid ibn Musa “his brother” was an attendant, but he was addressing words of pride to a group of the attendants.

As the Imam (a.s) heard Zaid’s words, he turned to him and said: Zaid, do you, because you have heard my wording in Kufa that Allah forbids Hell to consume the offspring of Fatima (a.s) since she preserved her chastity, take pride against others? By Allah I swear, my previous wording is peculiar to al-Hasan, al-Hussain, and the other direct descendants of Fatima (a.s).

You are too humble, in the sight of Allah to be regarded, on the Day of Resurrection, as same as Musa ibn Jafar” Imam al-Kadhim (a.s); the father of Imam Reza and Zaid the addressee” who used to spend his days with fasting and spend his night with worship to Allah while you act disobediently to Him.

Ali ibn al-Hussain “Imam Sajjad (a.s)” used to say: One who belongs to us and does righteously will be rewarded twice as others, and one who belongs to us and acts evilly will be punished twice as others. Imam Reza (a.s) then turned towards me and asked about the way we recite Allah’s saying: His Lord replied, “He is not one of your family. He is a man of unrighteous deeds. Do not ask me about that which you have no knowledge.

I advise you not to become an ignorant person.” (12) I answered that some people recite it in a way showing that son of Prophet Noah was illegitimate, while others recite it in a way showing that he was his son, but he used to act unrighteous. The Imam (a.s) commented: “No, by Allah. That son was Noah’s. But Allah dismissed him from the family of Noah because he acted unrighteous. In the same manner, he who belongs to us in family relations but does not obey Allah does not belong to us.

So long as you obey Allah, you are one of us “the Ahl ul-Bayt”. Jabir related that Imam al-Baqir (a.s) said to him: Jabir, do you think that it is sufficient for those who claim to be Shia to say that they cherish us; the Prophet’s household? By Allah I swear, our adherents “Shia- are only those who fear and obey Allah. Hence, you should fear Allah and work for the cause of obtaining that which He has in possession. There is no relation between Allah and anybody.