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كِتَابُ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: أَتَى أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا أَدْنَى مَا يَكُونُ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِناً وَ أَدْنَى مَا يَكُونُ بِهِ كَافِراً وَ أَدْنَى مَا يَكُونُ بِهِ ضَالًّا ‘Kitab Suleym Bin Qays’ – He said, ‘A man came to Amir Al-Momineen -asws . He said to him -asws , ‘O Amir Al-Momineen ‑asws !
What is the least of what the man can be a Momin with, and lease of what he would be a Kafir with, and lease of what he would be straying with?’ قَالَ سَأَلْتَ فَاسْمَعِ الْجَوَابَ أَدْنَى مَا يَكُونُ بِهِ مُؤْمِناً أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ فَيُقِرَّ لَهُ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ وَ الْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ وَ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ نَبِيَّهُ فَيُقِرَّ لَهُ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ بِالْبَلَاغَةِ وَ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ حُجَّتَهُ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ شَاهِدَهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ فَيُقِرَّ لَهُ بِالطَّاعَةِ He -asws said: ‘You have asked, so listen to the answer!
The least of what he would be a Momin with is that Allah -azwj would Introduce Himself -azwj to him, so he would acknowledge to Him ‑azwj with the Lordship and the Oneness, and that He -azwj would Introduce His -azwj Prophet -azwj , so he would acknowledge to him -saww with the Prophet-hood, and that He -azwj would Introduce him to His -azwj Divine Authority in His -azwj earth and His -azwj Witness upon His -azwj creatures, so he would acknowledge to him -asws with the obedience’.
قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ إِنْ جَهِلَ جَمِيعَ الْأَشْيَاءِ غَيْرَ مَا وَصَفْتَ He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ! And even if he were to be ignorant of entirety of the things other than what you -asws have described?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا أُمِرَ أَطَاعَ وَ إِذَا نُهِيَ انْتَهَى He -asws said: ‘Yes! Whenever he is Commanded, he obeys, and whenever he is Prohibited he refrains.