The people will not be excused unless they know their Imam.
The people will not be excused unless they know their Imam.”(2) Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (upon whom be peace) said, “Everyone who worships Allah, the Almighty and Great, and goes to a great length for it but does not believe in an Imam appointed by Allah, then his efforts are unacceptable, he is astray and lost. Allah rejects his deeds … And if he dies in this state, he has died the death of unbelievers and hypocrites.
And … you should know that the unjust leaders and their followers are far from the religion of Allah.”(3) Imam Hasan al-‘Askari (upon whom be peace) said, “One who believes in the Imams who came after the Messenger of Allah and does not believe in my son (Muhammad al-Mahdi), he is like the one who believes in all the prophets and messengers (of Allah) and then rejects the prophethood of (Muhammad, the last) Messenger of Allah.”(4) The importance of knowing the Imam of the time can very clearly be understood from these ahadith .
From the Islamic point of view, if a person believes in Allah, and has faith in Muhammad and the Qur’an but does not know the Imam of his own time, his faith is of no value. And surely this knowledge about the Imam does not only cover the historical information about him. To be continued! NOTES: ________________________________ 1. Ha’iri, Shaykh ‘Ali Yazdi; Ilzamu ’n-Naṣib fi IthbatiHujjati ’1-Ga’ib, p. 5 2. aṣ-Ṣafi, Luṭfullah; Muntakhabu ’1-Athar, (part 10, chapter 5, hadith No. 5) p. 514. 3.
Shaykh Kulayni, Uṣulu ’l-Kafi, (kitabu ’1-hujjah, babma‘rifati ’1-imam, hadith 8). 4. Khazzaz al-Qummi, Kifayatu ’l-Athar, p. 291. Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Name * Email * Comment * Δ Newest Video View All The Succor of Patience and Prayer Why is mercy mentioned twice in Bismillah?
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