[22] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ...
[22] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلى حَرْفٍ قَالَ هُمْ قَوْمٌ وَحَّدُوا اللَّهَ وَ خَلَعُوا عِبَادَةَ مَنْ يُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَخَرَجُوا مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ عَلَى شَكٍّ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws , said, ‘I asked him -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [22:11] And among men is he who worships Allah superficially .
He -asws said: ‘They are a people professing the Oneness of Allah -azwj and keeping away from worshipping the ones besides Allah -azwj . So they are exiting from the Shirk (Polytheism) but are not recognising that Muhammad -saww is the Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj . Thus, they are worshipping Allah -azwj upon doubt regarding Muhammad -saww and what he -saww came with.
فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ قَالُوا نَنْظُرُ فَإِنْ كَثُرَتْ أَمْوَالُنَا وَ عُوفِينَا فِي أَنْفُسِنَا وَ أَوْلَادِنَا عَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ وَ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ نَظَرْنَا So they came over to Rasool-Allah -saww and said, ‘We shall consider, so if our wealth becomes abundant, and we are with good health regarding ourselves and our children, we will know that he -saww is truthful and that he -saww is Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj ; but if it is other than that, we shall reconsider’.
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنْ أَصابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ يَعْنِي عَافِيَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنْ أَصابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ يَعْنِي بَلَاءً فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ مَالِهِ انْقَلَبَ عَلى وَجْهِهِ انْقَلَبَ عَلَى شَكِّهِ إِلَى الشِّرْكِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيا وَ الْآخِرَةَ ذلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرانُ الْمُبِينُ يَدْعُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ما لا يَضُرُّهُ وَ ما لا يَنْفَعُهُ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said [22:11] so that if good befalls him he is satisfied therewith Meaning the wellbeing in the world but if a trial afflicts him Meaning an affliction regarding himself and his wealth he turns back headlong overturning upon his doubt to the Shirk (Polytheism) he loses this world as well as the Hereafter; that is a manifest loss .
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