قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ فَقَدْ أَعْظَمْتَ...
قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ فَقَدْ أَعْظَمْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ وَ اللَّهِ لَأُعْطِيَنَّكَ دِينِي وَ دِينَ آبَائِيَ الَّذِي نَدِينُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ He -asws said: ‘Even though you were brief in the speech but you have been mighty (in asking) of the question.
By Allah -azwj , I -asws shall give you my -asws religion and religion of my -asws forefathers -asws which we -asws are making it a religion of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic with it: شَهَادَةَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْإِقْرَارَ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَ الْوَلَايَةَ لِوَلِيِّنَا وَ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ عَدُوِّنَا وَ التَّسْلِيمَ لِأَمْرِنَا وَ انْتِظَارَ قَائِمِنَا وَ الِاجْتِهَادَ وَ الْوَرَعَ.
Testimony that there is no god except Allah -azwj , and that Muhammad -saww is Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj , and the acceptance with whatever has come from the Presence of Allah -azwj , and the friendship to our -asws friends, and the disavowing from our -asws enemies, and the submission to our -asws command, and awaiting our -asws Qaim -ajfj , and the striving (for good), and the devoutness (in your conduct/worship)’’.
[12] دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ ضَرِيرُ الْبَصَرِ كَبِيرُ السِّنِّ وَ الشُّقَّةُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكُمْ بَعِيدَةٌ وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَمْراً أَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِهِ وَ أَحْتَجُّ بِهِ وَ أَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ وَ أُبَلِّغُهُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتُ (The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy – from Abu Al Jaroud (Zaydiite chief) who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘I am a person of harmed eyesight, old age, and the difficult remoteness in what is between me and you -asws , and I want a matter I can make it a religion of Allah -azwj with and I can argue with, and adhere with it, and deliver it to the ones I leave behind (my children)’.
قَالَ فَأَعْجَبَ بِقَوْلِي وَ اسْتَوَى جَالِساً فَقَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتَ يَا أَبَا الْجَارُودِ رُدَّ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ He (the narrator) said, ‘He -asws was surprised at my words and sat up straight. He -asws said: ‘How did you say, O Abu Al-Jaroud? Repeat unto me -asws !’ So I repeated to him -asws .
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