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But rather, the argument is against the one who hears a Hadeeth from us -asws , but he denies it, or if it reaches him (from another source), so he does not believe in it and commits Kufr. و أما النسيان فهو موضوع عنكم، إن أول سورة نزلت على رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، فنسيها، فلا يلزمه حجة في نسيانه ، و لكن الله تبارك و تعالى أمضى له ذلك، ثم قال: سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلا تَنْسى And as for the forgetfulness, it is you who are subjected to it.

The first (complete) Chapter Revealed unto the Rasool-Allah -saww was: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted [87:1] but they (Muslims) forgot it. So, no argument was obliged upon the leaving of it. But, Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Made that Happen again, then Said: We will Make you read, so you will not forget [87:6] ’.

[14] محمد بن إدريس في آخر ( السرائر ) نقلا من كتاب مسائل الرجال لعلي بن محمد ( عليه السلام ) ، أن محمد بن علي بن عيسى كتب إليه ، يسأله عن العلم المنقول إلينا عن آبائك وأجداد ( عليهم السلام) ، قد اختلف علينا فيه ، فكيف العمل به على اختلافه ؟ أو الرد إليك فيما اختلف فيه ؟ فكتب ( عليه السلام ) : ما علمتم أنه قولنا فالزموه ، وما لم تعلموا فردوه إلينا Muhammad Bin Idrees at the end of his letter, has copied from the book Masaael Al-Rijaal to Ali Bin Muhammad -asws : Muhammad Bin Isa had written to him -asws asking, ‘About the knowledge that gets copied over to us from your forefathers -asws , there are differences for us therein, how shall we act upon those if there are differences?

Or shall we return them to you -asws when there are differences in them?’ Imam -asws wrote back: ‘When you come to know that it is our -asws statement it necessitates you to act by that, and that which you do not know, return them back to us -asws ’.

[15] وَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّا نُحَدِّثُ عَنْكَ بِالْحَدِيثِ فَيَقُولُ بَعْضُنَا قَوْلُنَا قَوْلُهُمْ قَالَ فَمَا تُرِيدُ أَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ إِمَاماً يُقْتَدَى بِكَ مَنْ رَدَّ الْقَوْلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَدْ سَلِمَ And from Ahmad Bin Muhammad from Ali Bin Al Hakam from Abu Bakr Al Hazramy from Al Hajjaj Bin Al Sabbah who has narrated the following from Abu Ja’far -asws : ‘We narrate Ahadith from you -asws .

Some of us say that our words are your -asws words’. He -asws said: ‘What do you intend? Do you want to be Imams and be followed? The one who returns the words back to us -asws will be safe’.

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