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Chapter: The Imamate and the Will 5 - وأخبرنا علي بن أح٠د، عن عبيد الله بن ٠وسى، عن علي بن إبراهي٠اد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عن زرارة، عن أبي جعفر ٠د بن علي قال: سألته عن قول الله: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْ٠ْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَ٠َانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَ٠ْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُ٠ُوا بِالْعَدْلِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نِعِ٠ْ بِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَ٠ِيعًا بَصِيرًا قال: أ٠نّا أن يُؤدّيَ الإ٠بعده، ليس له أن يزويَها عنه.

ألا تسÙ. أولا ترى أنه خاطب بها الحكا٠(5) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa from Ali bin Ibraheem bin Hashim from his father from Hammad bin Eessa from Hurayz from Zurara that he had asked Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir (as) about the saying of Allah, “Surely Allah commands you to make over trusts to their owners and that when you judge between people you judge with justice; surely Allah admonishes you with what is excellent,” and Abu Ja’far al-Baqir said: “The order of Allah in this verse concerns the imamate.

Each imam of us has to deliver the imamate to the next imam coming after him. He does not have to hide it from him. Do you not hear Allah saying: (and that when you judge between people you judge with justice; surely Allah admonishes you with what is excellent)? It is the rulers. Do you not see that Allah has addressed the rulers with this verse?”