Allah -azwj has Commanded me -saww that I -saww should...

Allah -azwj has Commanded me -saww that I -saww should nominate for you an Imam -asws and a successor -asws who will be the successor -asws of your Prophet -saww among you, and my -saww Caliph in my -saww community, and among the People -asws of my -saww Household after me -saww , and the one -asws for whom Allah -azwj has Obligated upon the believers, in His -azwj book, obedience to him -asws , and has Commanded to you all in it for his -asws ‘Wilayah’.

So I -saww referred it back to my -saww Lord out of fear of the hypocrites and their belying it, so He -azwj Promised me -saww that (He -azwj will Protect me -saww ) but if I -saww do not preach it, He -azwj would Punish me -saww ’.

ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (أيها الناس، إن الله – جل اسمه – أمركم في كتابه بالصلاة وقد بينتها لكم وسننتها، والزكاة والصوم والحج فبينتها وفسرتها لكم، وأمركم في كتابه بالولاية وإني أشهدكم أيها الناس أنها خاصة لعلي بن أبي طالب والأوصياء من ولدي وولد أخي ووصيي، علي أولهم ثم الحسن ثم الحسين ثم تسعة من ولد الحسين ابني، لا يفارقون الكتاب ولا يفارقهم حتى يردوا علي الحوض Then Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O you people!

Surely Allah -azwj – Majestic is His -azwj Name – has Commanded you all in His -azwj Book for the Salat and I -saww have explained it for you and its mannerism, and the Zakat , and the Sawm , and the Hajj.

So I -saww explained these to you and interpreted them for you all, and He -azwj Commanded you all in His -azwj Book for the ‘Wilayah’, and I -saww adjure you, O you people, that it is in particular for Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws and the successors -asws from my -saww sons -asws and the sons -asws of my -saww brother and my -saww successor -asws .

Ali -asws is the first of them -asws , then Al-Hassan -asws , then Al-Husayn -asws , then nine from the sons -asws of Al-Husayn -asws – my -saww son -asws . Neither will the Book be separated from them -asws nor will they -asws separate from it until they -asws return to the Fountain. يا أيها الناس، إني قد أعلمتكم مفزعكم وإمامكم بعدي ودليلكم وهاديكم وهو أخي علي بن أبي طالب، وهو فيكم بمنزلتي فيكم O you people!

I -saww have made known to you your ‘Guide’ and your Imam -asws after me -saww , and your indicator and your guide, and he -asws is Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , and he -asws is among you at the status that I -saww have among you.