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I said, ‘Then why are you -asws sitting back from your -asws rights and your -asws claims, and Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: And strive hard in (the Way of) Allah, with a striving which He is Rightful of. He Chose you [22:78] ’.

He -asws said: ‘There is no problem in Amir Al-Momineen -asws sitting back from his -asws rights when he -asws could not find any helpers, or have you not heard Allah -azwj the Exalted Saying in the story of Lut -as : He said: ‘If only there was strength for me against you, or a recourse to a strong support’ [11:80] . And He -azwj Said in Narrating from Noah -as : Then he supplicated to his Lord: ‘I am overcome, so Help!’ [54:10] . And He -azwj Said in the story of Musa -as : He said: ‘My Lord!

I cannot control except myself and my brother, therefore Differentiate between us and the transgressing people’ [5:25] . Therefore, when the Prophet -as is like that, then the successor -asws is more excusable. O Jabir! An example of the Imam -asws is an example of the Kabah, when it is come to and it does not come (to anyone)’’. [6] ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws addressed us upon the pulpit of Al-Kufa, sermon of the pearls (Al-Lulu wal Marjan)’.

A man called Aamir Bin Kaseer stood up to him -asws and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ! You -asws have informed us about the imams of Kufr and the false caliphs, so inform us about the Imams -asws of the truth and the truthful tongues after you -asws ’. He -asws said: ‘Yes, it is a pact pacted to me -asws by Rasool-Allah -saww that this command, twelve Imams -asws would control it, nine being from the Sulb of Al-Husayn -asws .

And that the Prophet -saww had said: ‘When there was an ascension with me -saww to the sky, I -saww looked at the base of the Throne and there was inscribed upon it: “There is no god except Allah -azwj , Muhammad -saww is Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj . I -azwj Support him -saww with Ali -asws and Help him -saww with Ali -asws ”. And I -saww saw twelve Noors, so I -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj ! Whose Noors are these?’ He -azwj Called out: “O Muhammad -saww !

These are Noors of the Imams -asws from your -saww offspring!” I -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Will you -saww not name them -asws to me -asws ?’ He -saww said: ‘Yes. You -asws are the Imam -asws and the caliph after me -saww .