And it is narrated from His Eminence...

And it is narrated from His Eminence, Abul Hasan ar-Reza (as) that he said: “People are our slaves in obedience.”[^2] Seventh: Right of the teacher on the pupil That the Master of the Time (aj) and his purified forefathers are those who are well versed in knowledge is mentioned in some traditions from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as).

And also Allah, the Mighty and the High has also ordered that people may ask the family of revelation whatever they want, as they are the people of remembrance (Ahle Zikr): فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ “So ask the people of remembrance if you do not know.” (Surah Anbiya 21:7) Eighth: Right of the Imam on the followers In Kafi it is narrated from Abu Hamza through his own chain of narrators that: I asked His Eminence, Abu Ja’far Baqir (as) what is the right of the Imam on the people?

He replied: “It is his right that they must hear what he says and obey him.” And in a sermon of Amirul Momineen (as) recorded in Raudatul Kafi it is mentioned as follows: “So to say, Allah, the Mighty and the High has given me a right upon you and made me your Wali al-Amr (person of authority) and the Almighty Allah, may His remembrance be exalted, has given me a position that is higher than yours.

So much so that He said: Thus the most important of the rights made obligatory by Allah are those of the ruler and leader on the subjects (followers).”[^3] These were some of the rights of the Master of the Time (aj) on the people and some of them will be explained to you in the coming chapters, Insha Allah Taala. [^1]: Kifayatul Athar/311, Usul al-Kafi; Muhammad bin Yaqoob Kulaini; Vol. 1/187, Kamaluddin; Shaykh Saduq; Vol. 1/270 [^2]: Usul al-Kafi; Muhammad bin Yaqoob Kulaini; Vol.

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