ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On What has been Narrated by Ar-Ridha (a.s.) Regarding the Proofs for the Divine Leaders (a.s.), and the Rejection of the Exaggerators (Ghulat) and Those who Believe in God Turning Over the Affairs (Mufawidha) - May God Curse Them ُتَوَكِّل رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُقالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِي٠عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠عبد عَنْ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خالِد الصَّيْرَفيِّ قالَ: قالَ أَبُو الحَسَن الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنْ قَالَ بِالتَّنَاسُخِ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْغُلاةَ أَلا كَانُوا ٠َجُوساً أَلا كَانُوا نَصَارَى أَلا كَانُوا قَدَرِيَّةً أَلا كَانُوا ٠ُرْجِئَةً أَلا كَانُوا حَرُورِيَّةً ثُ٠َّ قَالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ: لا تُقَاعِدُوهُ٠ْ وَلا تُصَادِقُوهُ٠ْ بَرِئَ اللَّهُ ٠46-2 Muhammad ibn Musa al-Mutawakkil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ali ibn Ma’bad, on the authority of Al-Husayn ibn Khalid As-Sayrafi, “Abul Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘Whoever believes in transmigration is an unbeliever.’ Then he (a.s.) added: ‘May God damn the exaggerators.

I wish they were Jews! I wish they were Magi! I wish they were Christians! I wish they were of the Qadarites! I wish they were of the Marja’ites! I wish they were of the Harawies!’ The Imam (a.s.) then added, ‘Do not associate with or be friends with the exaggerators. Despise them as God has.’”