فَطَوْراً تَخَالُهُمْ نَصَارَى فِي أَشْيَاءَ وَ طَوْراً دَهْرِيَّةً يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْأَشْيَاءَ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِيقَةِ فَقَدْ كَانَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُوا شَيْئاً مِنَ اللُّحْمَانِ لِأَنَّ الدَّوَابَّ عِنْدَهُمْ كُلَّهَا مِنْ وُلْدِ آدَمَ حُوِّلُوا فِي صُوَرِهِمْ فَلَا يَجُوزُ أَكْلُ لُحُومِ الْقُرُبَاتِ. For a while the Christians mingled them in (certain) things, and for a while they were saying that the things are upon other than the reality.
Thus, it obligated upon them (those who believe in reincarnation) that they should not eat anything from the meat because the animals with them, all of them, who (could be their relative)? A son of Adam -as could have been transformed into their (goat/cow) image, therefore it is not allowed to eat the meat of the ones of (their) proximity (close relative, i.e., their father being reincarnated into an image of a goat) ’’.
[9] كش: طاهر بن عيسى، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن الشجاعي، عن الحمادي رفعة إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام: سئل عن التناسخ قال: ؟ لمن نسخ الاول ؟. Tahir Bin Isa, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Al Shujaie, from Al Hamady, ‘Raising it to Abu Abdullah -asws having been asked about the reincarnation, he -asws said: ‘For whom was the first reincarnation?’’.
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Mutawakkil, may God be pleased with him, told us, he said: Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ali ibn Ma’bad on the authority of Al-Hussein bin Khalid Al-Sirafi, who said: Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws said: Whoever believes in reincarnation/transmigration is an infidel/unbeliever, then he -asws said, May Allah -azwj Curse الْغُلَاةَ ( Al-Ghulat -the extremists), were they not Jews, were they not Magians, were they not Christians, were they not Riya, were they not Murji’a, were they not Haruri, then he -asws said, “Do not befriend them, and do not make friends with them, and disavow them.