Thus accept whatever your heart recognizes...

Thus accept whatever your heart recognizes, and return to us whatever you are not familiar with.”[^7] Through another chain of narrators a similar thing is narrated from His Eminence.

It is narrated from Mufaddal that he said: I heard His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) say: “Our traditions are difficult, none can bear them except the proximate angels or messenger prophets or a believer whose heart the Almighty Allah has tested for faith.”[^8] Through his own chain of narrators from Ismail bin Abdul Aziz, it is narrated that he said: I heard His Eminence, Abu Ja’far Baqir (as) that he said: “Our traditions are difficult.

He says: I asked: “May I be sacrificed on you, please explain to me.” He replied: Zakwaan (that is) always luminous. He asked: Ajrad? He replied: (that is) Always fresh. I asked: Maqna? He replied: Hidden and veiled.”[^9] Through his own chain of narrators it is narrated from Asbagh bin Nubatah that he said: I heard Amirul Momineen (as) say: “Indeed, our traditions are difficult, crude and harsh. Thus only very few of them are told to the people.

One who understands them, more are given to him and one who denies them, they are denied to him. None bear them except three groups of people: the proximate angels or messenger prophets or a believer whose heart the Almighty Allah has tested for faith.”[^10] Through another chain of narrators, it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Ja’far Baqir (as) that he said: “Indeed, our traditions are most difficult, open, rough, noble and majestic.

So when you hear something and your heart becomes soft by it and you recognize it, you must accept it. And praise Allah in thankfulness. And if you cannot bear it and don’t have its strength, you must leave it for the knowing Imam from Aale Muhammad (S). As the unfortunate ones are destroyed; those who say: By Allah, it is not so.

Then he said: O Jabir, indeed, denial is also disbelief in the Almighty Allah.”[^11] Second Benefit Regarding the meaning of the words that are mentioned in the statements of the Imams (as): Our traditions are difficult. It is possible that the implication from whatever that has reached you, the difficulty is caused by the words: ‘bearing them is difficult’ and the meaning of ‘bearing’: its meaning will be explained at the appropriate place due to the demands of the circumstances.