[16] الكافي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَسْأَلُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا لَا يَسَعُهُمْ جَهْلُهُ وَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُمْ غَيْرَهُ مَا هُوَ (The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – From Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Salih Bin Al Sindy, from Ja’far Bin Bashir, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard him asking Abu Abdullah -asws .
He said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Inform me about the religion which Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Imposed upon the servant what there is no leeway for them to be ignorant of it, nor will He -azwj Accept from them other than it. What is it?’ فَقَالَ أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ He -asws said: ‘Repeat it to me -asws !’ So I repeated to him -asws .
فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ إِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَ إِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَ صَوْمُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ He -asws said: ‘Testimony that there is no god except Allah -azwj , and that Muhammad -saww is Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj , and establishing the Salat, and giving the Zakat, and Hajj of the House (Kabah) for the one having the capacity of the means to it and fasting the month of Ramazan’.
ثُمَّ سَكَتَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ مَرَّتَيْنِ Then he -asws was silent for a while, then said: ‘And the Wilayah’ – twice. ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا الَّذِي فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ لَا يَسْأَلُ الرَّبُّ الْعِبَادَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولَ أَلَّا زِدْتَنِي عَلَى مَا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ لَكِنْ مَنْ زَادَ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سَنَّ سُنَناً حَسَنَةً جَمِيلَةً يَنْبَغِي لِلنَّاسِ الْأَخْذُ بِهَا.
Then he -asws said: ‘This is which Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Imposed upon the servants. The Lord -azwj will not Question the servants on the Day of Qiyamah: “Why didn’t you increase upon what I -azwj had Imposed?” But the one increasing, Allah -azwj would Increase for him. Rasool-Allah -saww had conducted a Sunnah, excellent, beautiful. It is befitting for the people to be taking with it (acting upon it)’’.