AL IHTIJAJ AL TABARSI - VOL 1 P230 So came the order from...

AL IHTIJAJ AL TABARSI - VOL 1 P230 So came the order from the Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s.): 'Whoever says - There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah must immediately say Ali is the Commander of the Faithful'. BASHARAT AL MUSTAFA LI SHI'AT AL MURTAZA - 511 AH I do not accept the deeds of any doer until he bears witness to your (s.a.w.) Prophethood and the Mastership of Ali (a.s.).

Whoever says - There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and attaches himself to the Mastership of Ali will enter Paradise.

AL YAQEEN - SYED IBN TAWOOS 589 - 664 AH It is reflected in the sayings of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and his infallible sons (a.s.) in many of the chants of Allah (s.w.t.) that Wilayah (Mastership) is a precondition to the acceptability of the two testimonies and it is in the nature of the people - The Oneness of Allah (s.w.t.), the Prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.) and Ali the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.). Previous…