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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 3) Chapter 95 : Submission and the Virtue of the Muslims H 1013, Ch. 95, H 1 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from Sadir who has said the following. "I said to abu Ja'far (a.s.), 'I just left your supporters and followers opposing and disdaining each other. " The narrator has said that The Imam (a.s.) then said, "What do you have to do with their conditions.

People have three obligations. They must recognize the Imams, submit to the instructions they have received from the Imams and refer to them in their disputes and differences." H 1014, Ch. 95, h 1 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from Hammad ibn 'Uthman from 'Abdallah al-Kahili who has said the following.

"Abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) has said, 'If a people would worship Allah only Who has no partner, maintain the prayers, pay Zakat, perform Hajj of the House and fast in the month of Ramadan but say about something that Allah or the Messenger of Allah has done, would that it had been done differently or find such feelings in their hearts in this they will be considered as polytheists. He then recited this verse of the Holy Quran.

"I swear by your Lord that they will not be considered believers until they let you judge their disputes and then they will find nothing in their souls to prevent them from accepting your judgment, thus, submitting themselves to the will of God." (4:65). Abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) then said, "You have to be submissive (before Allaah)." H 1015, Ch.

95, h 3 mdd ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from Hammad ibn 'Isa from al-Husayn ibn al-Mukhtar from Zayd al-Shahham who has said the following. "I said to abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), 'Among us there is a man called Kulayb.

Nothing comes from you but that he says, "I submit to it." Thus, we call him, "Kulayb, the submissive." The narrator has said that The Imam (a.s.) expressed kindness towards him and prayed and then said, "Do you know what submission is?" We remained silent. The Imam (a. s.) said, "That, by Allah, is al-Ikhbat in the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, 'The righteously striving believers who are humble before their Lord, . ." (11:23)" H 1016, Ch.