قلت: أصلحك الله، و ما معرفة الله؟ قال: «يصدق الله و يصدق...

قلت: أصلحك الله، و ما معرفة الله؟ قال: «يصدق الله و يصدق محمدا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) في موالاة علي (عليه السلام)، و الائتمام به و بأئمة الهدى من بعده، و البراءة إلى الله من عدوهم، و كذلك عرفان الله I said, ‘May Allah -azwj Keep you -asws well, and what is the recognition ( معرفة ) of Allah -azwj ?’ He ‑asws said: ‘Affirming Allah -azwj , and affirming Muhammad -saww regarding being in the Wilayah of Ali ‑asws , and following him -asws and the Imams -asws of Guidance from after him -asws , and the disavowing to Allah -azwj from their -asws enemies, and it is like that Allah -azwj is recognised’ .

قال: قلت: أصلحك الله، أي شي‏ء إذا عملته أنا استكملت حقيقة الإيمان؟ قال: «توالي أولياء الله، و تعادي أعداء الله، و تكون مع الصادقين كما أمرك الله I said, ‘May Allah -azwj Keep you -asws well! Which thing is it that if I were to do, it would complete the reality of the Eman?’ He -asws said: ‘Be in the Wilayah of the friends of Allah -azwj , and leaving the enemies of Allah -azwj , and being with the truthful as Allah -azwj has Commanded you to do so’.

قال: قلت: و من أولياء الله، و من أعداء الله؟ فقال: «أولياء الله محمد رسول الله، و علي و الحسن و الحسين و علي بن الحسين، ثم انتهى الأمر إلينا، ثم ابني جعفر- و أومأ إلى جعفر و هو جالس- فمن والى هؤلاء فقد والى الله، و كان مع الصادقين كما أمره الله I said, ‘And who are the friends of Allah -azwj , and who are the enemies of Allah -azwj ?’ So he -asws said: ‘The friends of Allah -azwj are Muhammad Rasool-Allah -saww , and Ali -asws , and Al-Hassan -asws , and Al-Husayn -asws , and Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , then the matter ends up with us -asws , then my -asws son -asws Ja’far -asws ’ – and he -asws gestured towards Ja’far -asws , and he -asws was seated – ‘So the one who befriends them -asws , so he has befriended Allah -azwj , and he would be with the truthful just as Allah -azwj has Commanded him to be’.

قلت: و من أعداء الله، أصلحك الله؟ قال: «الأوثان الأربعة». قال: قلت: من هم؟ قال: «أبو الفصيل و رمع و نعثل و معاوية، و من دان بدينهم، فمن عادى هؤلاء فقد عادى أعداء الله I said, ‘And who are the enemies of Allah -azwj , may Allah -azwj Keep you -asws well?’ He -asws said: ‘The four idols’. I said, ‘And who are they?’ He -asws said: ‘Abu Al-Fazeyl, and Rama’a, and Na’sal (Abu Bakr, Umar and Usmaan), and Muawiya, and the one who makes his Religion to be by their Religion.

So, the one who is inimical to them, then he is being inimical to the enemies of Allah -azwj ’.