A number of our companions...
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Usman Bin Isa, from a man, from Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The one who doubts in Allah -azwj after his birth being upon the nature (natural disposition to believe in Allah -azwj ), would not end up to anything good, ever!’ [9] عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَعَ الشَّكِّ وَ الْجُحُودِ عَمَلٌ .
From him, from his father, raising it to Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘ No deed with doubt and denial – will be of any benefit’. [10] وَ فِي وَصِيَّةِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَنْ شَكَّ أَوْ ظَنَّ وَ أَقَامَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا أَحْبَطَ اللَّهُ عَمَلَهُ إِنَّ حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْحُجَّةُ الْوَاضِحَةُ .
And in a bequest of Al Mufazzal, he said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘The one who doubts or Zann (conjectures), and lives with (either) one of them, Allah -azwj would Confiscate his deeds. The proof of (existence of) Allah -azwj is the Proof which is Radiant (Clearly Evident)’.
[11] عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّا لَنَرَى الرَّجُلَ لَهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَ اجْتِهَادٌ وَ خُشُوعٌ وَ لَا يَقُولُ بِالْحَقِّ فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُهُ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ مَثَلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ كَانُوا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ لَا يَجْتَهِدُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً إِلَّا دَعَا فَأُجِيبَ From him, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, from One of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ), said, ‘(When) I said, ‘We see the man who has worshipped, and the striving, and the humbleness, but he is not saying with the truth (Al-Wilayah).
So would then he get any benefit?’ So he -asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! An example of the People -asws of the Household is like an example of the People of the Household who used to be among the Children of Israel (Prophet Esa -as ). It was so that no one from them (the nation of Esa -as ) would strive for more than forty nights and supplicate except it would be Answered.
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