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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 2) Chapter 52 : Giving Charge of the Religious Matters To the Messenger of Allah (s.a.) and To the Imams (a. S.) H 692, Ch. 52, H 1 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu Zahir from Ali ibn Isma'il from Safwan ibn Yahya from 'Asim ibn Humayd from abu Ishaq al-Nahwi who has said that he went see abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) and heard him say the following.

"Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, discipline and education His Messenger with His and said, "You certainly possess a great degree of moral discipline and education." (64:4) He then let him be in charge as He, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, ". . .whatever the Messenger brings to you, you must take it (obey) and whatever he prohibits you, you must desist from. . ." (59:7) Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, ". . . whoever obeys the Messenger, he has obeyed Allah. .

." (4:80)" The narrator has said that then the Imam (a.s.) said, "The Prophet of Allah then let Ali and the Imams be the in charge (of the religious matters) and you then acknowledged it while others denied it. I swear by Allah, we love you to say when we say and remain silent when we remain silent. We are between you and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High.

Allah has not placed any goodness in the opposition to us." A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu Najran from 'Asim ibn Humayd from abu Ishaq who has said that heard abu Ja'far (a.s.) say the following. He cited a hadith similar to the above one. H 693, Ch. 52, h 2 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Yahya ibn abu 'Umran from Yunus from Bakkar ibn Bakr from Musa ibn 'Ushaym who has said the following.

"I was in presence o abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) a man asked him about a verse of the book of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High. The Imam (a.s.) explained it to him. Then another person came to see the Imam (a. s.) and asked him about the same verse. The Imam (a.s.) gave him a different explanation. This made as many things to my mind as Allah willed, as if my heart would have been shredded with knives.

I then said to myself, "I left abu Qatada in Syria who would not make a mistake in even the letter 'waw' and now I have come to this man who makes all this mistake. At this another person came in to see him and asked him about the same verse. He then explained to him completely different from what he had explained to me and to the man just before.