[8] In another Hadith...
[8] In another Hadith, Imam -asws says: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا خَيْثَمَةُ نَحْنُ شَجَرَةُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ بَيْتُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ مَفَاتِيحُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَ مَعْدِنُ الْعِلْمِ وَ مَوْضِعُ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ مُخْتَلَفُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ مَوْضِعُ سِرِّ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ وَدِيعَةُ اللَّهِ فِي عِبَادِهِ وَ نَحْنُ حَرَمُ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ نَحْنُ ذِمَّةُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ عَهْدُ اللَّهِ Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Al Khashhab who said, ‘Some of our companions narrated from Khusayma, who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said to me: ‘O Khusayma!
We -asws are the tree of Prophet-hood, and the House of Mercy, and keys of the Wisdom, and the Mine of Knowledge, and the receptacle of the Message, and an inter-change of the Angels (where Angels come and go), and a receptacle of the Secrets of Allah -azwj , and we -asws are the depository among His -azwj servants, and we -asws are the Great Sanctity of Allah -azwj , and we -asws are the Guarantee of Allah -azwj , and we -asws Are the Covenant of Allah -azwj .
فَمَنْ وَفَى بِعَهْدِنَا فَقَدْ وَفَى بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ خَفَرَهَا فَقَدْ خَفَرَ ذِمَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ عَهْدَهُ Therefore, the one who is loyal to our -asws Covenant so is loyal with the Covenant of Allah -azwj , and the one who disregards it, so he has disregarded the Guarantee of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Covenant’ . [9] Deeds, only benefit, if Performed in Accordance with the Sunnah: Our Deeds are only accepted if performed in accordance with the Sunnah (traditions of Masomeen -asws ).
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