ألا وإن الحلال والحرام أكثر من أن احصيهما واعرفهما ...

ألا وإن الحلال والحرام أكثر من أن احصيهما واعرفهما ، فآمر بالحلال وأنهى عن الحرام في مقام واحد ، فامرت أن آخذ البيعة عليكم ، والصفقة منكم ، بقبول ما جئت به عن الله عزّ وجلّ في علي أمير المؤمنين ، والأئمة من بعده ، معاشر الناس تدبروا القرآن ، وافهموا آياته ، وانظروا في محكماته ، ولا متشابهه ، فوالله لن يبين لكم زواجره ، ولا يوضح لكم عن تفسيره ، إلا الذي أنا آخذ بيده.

Al-Tabarsi in Al-Ihtijaj reports: The Prophet -saww in his -asws argumentation on the Day of Ghadeer: ‘It is on me -asws to explain the Book of Allah -azwj , and I -asws am the one who calls to it. Be aware that the Permissible and the Prohibitions are too numerous for me -saww to start counting them and make them known. I -saww order to the Permissible and prohibit from the Prohibition on one occasion.

I -saww have been Ordered to take the allegiance and covenant from you , to accept by it that which has Come from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic regarding Ali -asws Amir-ul-Momineen -asws , and the Imams -asws to come after him -asws . Group of People! Ponder on the Quran, and understand its Verses, and look at its Decisive Ones, and not at its Allegorical Ones. By Allah -azwj !

No one will be able to show you its treasures nor clarify for you its explanation, except for the one -asws whose hand I -saww am holding’.

[5] Ataat (Total Submission): All our religion is based on total submission to the Infallible(s) -asws as per the Divine Commands, i.e., يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلاً O you who believe!

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you ; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end (4:59).

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