ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ حَوْلَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ...
ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ حَوْلَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ خَاصَّتِهِ وَ شِيعَتِهِ فَقَالَ قَدْ عَمِلَتِ الْوُلَاةُ قَبْلِي أَعْمَالًا خَالَفُوا فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مُتَعَمِّدِينَ لِخِلَافِهِ نَاقِضِينَ لِعَهْدِهِ مُغَيِّرِينِ لِسُنَّتِهِ وَ لَوْ حَمَلْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا وَ حَوَّلْتُهَا إِلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا وَ إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَتَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي جُنْدِي حَتَّى أَبْقَى وَحْدِي أَوْ قَلِيلٌ مِنْ شِيعَتِيَ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا فَضْلِي Then he -asws turned his -asws face towards those from his -asws family and his -asws special ones and his -asws Shiites who were around him -asws , so he -asws said: ‘The rulers before me -asws acted in opposition to the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj deliberately breaching the Covenant with him -saww and altering his -saww Sunnah.
And if I -asws had burdened the people on avoiding it, and turned it back to its place and to what is used to be in the era of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj , my -asws army would disperse from me -asws to the extent that there would remain only myself -asws or a few from my -asws Shiites who recognise my -asws ‘Fazilat’ (virtues).
وَ فَرْضَ إِمَامَتِي مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَ رَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَمَرْتُ بِمَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَرَدَدْتُهُ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ رَدَدْتُ فَدَكاً إِلَى وَرَثَةِ فَاطِمَةَ ( عليها السلام ) وَ رَدَدْتُ صَاعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَمَا كَانَ وَ أَمْضَيْتُ قَطَائِعَ أَقْطَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لِأَقْوَامٍ لَمْ تُمْضَ لَهُمْ وَ لَمْ تُنْفَذْ And my -asws Imamate has been Obligated from the Book of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the Sunnah of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj .
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