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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hayat Al-Qulub Vol.3 Part 7: No guidance except through the True Imams No guidance except through the True Imams who are the medium (Wasilah) between Allah and His creation.

No salvation from Divine chastisement but through them It is reported by Ibne Babawayh in Majalis and by other scholars with reliable chains of narrators quoting Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that he said: We are very much worried because of the people because when we call them towards us they do not respond and if we leave them to themselves they do not get guidance without us.

Similarly it is mentioned in Khisal that the Holy Prophet (S) said to Amirul Momineen (a.s.): There are three things which I can say on oath that they are absolutely true. One, the knowledge of Allah (Ma’refat) cannot be obtained but through you and through your legatees who know Allah truly. Two, since you are those who know Allah fully no one can enter Paradise but the one who knows you and whom you know.

Third, since you are those who know Allah fully no one can enter Hell but the one who doesn’t know you and whom you don’t know. It is mentioned in Ilalush Sharai with true chains of narrators that Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) wrote to Ishaq bin Ismail that the Lord of the Might, through His Mercy and kindness, made some things obligatory for you. It was not because Allah needed it.

Rather it is Grace from Allah except Whom there is no Allah for you, so that He may separate the unholy from the holy and so that He may take your trial about the things which are in your hearts and may make pure the things which are in your hearts through it so that you may advance towards His Mercy and so that He may raise your ranks in Paradise.

Therefore, He made it obligatory for you to establish Prayer and observe fasts and to perform Hajj and Umrah and to pay Zakat and to have faith in the Wilayat of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) and He has kept a house so that through it the duties may be made available and so that they (Imams) may be the key to that house.

If they would not have been from Muhammad (S) and from the progeny of his legatees, you would be, certainly, wandering like the quadrupeds and you would have not known anything from your obligatory duties. Can you ever enter a city but through the gate? So Allah has been kind to you so profoundly by appointing, after His messenger, the Imams as your commanders.