And they are ‘Urwatul Wuthqa’ and Imams of guidance and...

And they are ‘Urwatul Wuthqa’ and Imams of guidance and proof of Allah on the people. There is a tradition in Tawheed that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said that I am ‘Hablullah-al-Matin’ and I am ‘Urwatul Wuthqa’. There is a tradition in Kamaluddeen that Imam Ridha (a.s.) said: We are the Hujjat (proof) of Allah on the people and we are the ‘words of piety’ and ‘Urwatul Wuthqa’.

In Maniul Akhbar there is a tradition from the Holy Prophet (S) that those who want to get attached to the ‘Urwatul Wuthqa’ which shall never break, should attach themselves to my brother and my vicegerent, Ali Ibne Abi Talib’s Wilayat. Without any doubt he will not be destroyed that befriends him and has belief in his Imamate. And he will not get salvation that regards him as an enemy.

There is a tradition from Ayyashi that Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) said regarding the verse: And hold fast by the covenant (rope) of Allah all together and be not disunited… (Surah Ale-Imran 3:103) That Ali Ibne Abi Talib is ‘hablulallah matin’. It means the tight rope of Allah. Another tradition from Imam Baqir (a.s.) says that the progeny of the Holy Prophet (S) is the rope of Allah, for whom Allah has commanded in this verse.

Also there is a tradition from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that he said: We are the rope of Allah. Ali Ibne Ibrahim has narrated that ‘Hablullah’ means the Oneness (Tawheed) of Allah and the Mastership (Wilayat) of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). Also there is a saying of Imam Baqir (a.s.) on the verse: and be not disunited… (Surah Ale-Imran 3:103) The Imam said that Allah was knowing that this nation would be separated from its Prophet and they will have difference with him.