And as for their affairs...
And as for their affairs, I see a man, among them, who when called from the front, he answers to the one who is behind him, and when called from the rear, he responds to the one who is in front of him.
Thus, they wonder aimlessly on the earth as well as in religion.” [52] محمد بن علي بن الحسين في ( الأمالي ) عن محمد بن عمر الحافظ البغدادي ، عن محمد بن أحمد بن ثابت ، عن محمد بن الحسن بن العباس الخزاعي ، عن حسن بن حسين العرني ، عن عمرو بن ثابت ، عن عطاء بن السائب ، عن أبي يحيى ، عن ابن عباس قال : قال رسول الله ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ، وذكر خطبة يقول فيها : إن عليا هو أخي ، ووزيري ، وهو خليفتي ، وهو المبلغ عني ، إن استرشدتموه أرشدكم ، وإن اتبعتموه نجوتم ، وإن خالفتموه ضللتم ، إن الله أنزل عليّ القرآن ، وهو الذي من خالفه ضل ، ومن ابتغى علمه عند غير عليّ هلك الحديث Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Al Husayn in Al Amaali from Muhammad Bin Amr Al Hafiz Al Baghdady, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Sabit, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Abbas Al Khazaie, from Hasan Bin Husayn Al Arny, from Amro Bin Sabit, from Ata’a Bin Al Sa’ib, from Abu Yahya, from Ibn Abbas who said: The Messenger of Allah -saww said to him when he mentioned a sermon of his -saww : ‘Surely Ali -asws is my -saww brother, and my -saww successor, and he -asws is my -saww Caliph, and he -asws is the speaker from me -saww .
If you were to seek guidance from him he -asws will guide you, and if you were to follow him -asws he -asws will give you salvation, and if you were to oppose him -asws you will go astray. Allah -azwj Sent down the Quran upon me -saww , and it is such that the one who opposes it has gone astray, and the one who seeks its knowledge from anyone other than Ali -asws will perish’.
[53] وَ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ فِي حَدِيثٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي حَنِيفَةَ فَدَعِ الرَّأْيَ وَ الْقِيَاسَ وَ مَا قَالَ قَوْمٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ بُرْهَانٌ And it has been related in a previous Hadith from Abu Abdullah -asws where he -asws said to Abu Haneefa: ‘Leave off opinions and analogies, and whatever has been said by the people regarding the religion of Allah -azwj , there is no proof for that’.
[54] علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن أحمد بن عبدالله العقيلي، عن عيسى بن عبدالله القرشي قال: دخل أبوحنيفة على أبي عبدالله عليه السلام فقال له: يا أبا حنيفة !
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