بَرَءُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَشْرَكُوا...

بَرَءُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَشْرَكُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ كَفَرُوا بِهِ وَ عَبَدُوا غَيْرَ اللَّهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ‏ وَ هُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً They disavowed from Allah -azwj and from His -azwj Rasool -saww , and they associated with Allah -azwj and disbelieved in Him -azwj and they worshipped other than Allah -azwj from where they did not know, and they are reckoning that they are good in what they do’ [18:104] .

يَقُولُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ اللَّهِ رَبِّنا ما كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ‏ يَحْلِفُونَ لِلَّهِ‏ كَما يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلى‏ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكاذِبُونَ‏ They will be saying on the Day of Qiyamah: ‘By Allah, our Lord! We were not associators’ [6:23] , swearing to Allah -azwj , as they have been swearing to you all, and they are reckoning that they upon something. Indeed! They are the liars [58:18] .

قَالَ قِيلَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَنْ قَدْ وَقَفَ فَلَمْ يَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ وَ لَمْ يُضَادَّكُمْ وَ لَمْ يَنْصِبْ لَكُمْ وَ لَمْ يَتَوَلَّكُمْ وَ لَمْ يَتَبَرَّأْ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي وَ هُوَ صَادِقٌ He (the narrator) said, ‘It was said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !

What is your -asws view of the one who had refrained and did not follow you -asws and did not opposed you -asws , and did no help you -asws , and did not befriend you and did not disavow from your -asws enemies, and said, ‘I don’t know’, and he is truthful?’ قَالَ لَيْسَ أُولَئِكَ مِنَ الثَّلَاثِ وَ السَّبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً إِنَّمَا عَنَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالثَّلَاثِ وَ السَّبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً الْبَاغِينَ النَّصَّابِينَ الَّذِينَ قَدْ شَهَرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ دَعَوْا إِلَى دِينِهِمْ فَفِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهَا تَدِينُ بِدِينِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ اثْنَتَانِ وَ سَبْعُونَ تَدِينُ بِدِينِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ تَتَوَلَّى عَلَى قَبُولِهَا وَ تَتَبَرَّأُ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَهَا He -asws said: ‘They are not from the seventy three sects.