بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ الْحَجِّ وَ الصَّوْمِ وَ الْوَلَايَةِ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَقُلْتُ وَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ الْوَلَايَةُ أَفْضَلُ لِأَنَّهَا مِفْتَاحُهُنَّ وَ الْوَالِي هُوَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَيْهِنَّ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِي ذَلِكَ فِي الْفَضْلِ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ عَمُودُ دِينِكُمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهَا فِي الْفَضْلِ قَالَ الزَّكَاةُ لِأَنَّهُ قَرَنَهَا بِهَا وَ بَدَأَ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَهَا وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الزَّكَاةُ تُذْهِبُ الذُّنُوبَ قُلْتُ وَ الَّذِي يَلِيهَا فِي الْفَضْلِ قَالَ الْحَجُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعالَمِينَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَحَجَّةٌ مَقْبُولَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ صَلَاةً نَافِلَةً وَ مَنْ طَافَ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ طَوَافاً أَحْصَى فِيهِ أُسْبُوعَهُ وَ أَحْسَنَ رَكْعَتَيْهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ قَالَ فِي يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ وَ يَوْمِ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ مَا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا ذَا يَتْبَعُهُ قَالَ الصَّوْمُ قُلْتُ وَ مَا بَالُ الصَّوْمِ صَارَ آخِرَ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْأَشْيَاءِ مَا إِذَا فَاتَكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْهُ تَوْبَةٌ دُونَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فَتُؤَدِّيَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ الْحَجَّ وَ الْوَلَايَةَ لَيْسَ يَقَعُ شَيْءٌ مَكَانَهَا دُونَ أَدَائِهَا وَ إِنَّ الصَّوْمَ إِذَا فَاتَكَ أَوْ قَصَّرْتَ أَوْ سَافَرْتَ فِيهِ أَدَّيْتَ مَكَانَهُ أَيَّاماً غَيْرَهَا وَ جَزَيْتَ ذَلِكَ الذَّنْبَ بِصَدَقَةٍ وَ لَا قَضَاءَ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ شَيْءٌ يُجْزِيكَ مَكَانَهُ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذِرْوَةُ الْأَمْرِ وَ سَنَامُهُ وَ مِفْتَاحُهُ وَ بَابُ الْأَشْيَاءِ وَ رِضَا الرَّحْمَنِ الطَّاعَةُ لِلْإِمَامِ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ تَوَلَّى فَما أَرْسَلْناكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظاً أَمَا لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ لَيْلَهُ وَ صَامَ نَهَارَهُ وَ تَصَدَّقَ بِجَمِيعِ مَالِهِ وَ حَجَّ جَمِيعَ دَهْرِهِ وَ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ وَلَايَةَ وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ فَيُوَالِيَهُ وَ يَكُونَ جَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِهِ بِدَلَالَتِهِ إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ حَقٌّ فِي ثَوَابِهِ وَ لَا كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ الْمُحْسِنُ مِنْهُمْ يُدْخِلُهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Abdullah Bin Al Salt, altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz Bin Abdullah, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘ The foundation of Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> is upon five things (pillars) – upon the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Soām</span> (Fasts), and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span>’. Zurara (the narrator) said, ‘So I said, ‘And which from that is superior?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> is superior because it is their key (soul), and the ‘الْوَالِي’ the Guardian<sup>asws</sup> is ‘الدَّلِيلُ’ the Proof upon these’. I said, ‘Then which is in the superiority after that (the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah)</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>. Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Salāt </span>is a pillar of your Religion’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Then which follows it in the superiority?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, because it is paired with it and begun with the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, before it; and Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Zakāt </span>cleans the sins’. I said, ‘And which follows it in superiority (after <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:3#h97"><a href="/books/quran:3#h97">[3:97]</a></a> and Pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon the people for the Sake of Allah, (upon) everyone who is able to undertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds</span>. And Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘An Accepted <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span> is between than twenty optional <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the one who performs <span class="iTxt">Tawaaf</span> of this House (Kabah) counting seven in it, and performs good two <span class="iTxt">Rakāts</span> (of <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) therein, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Forgive him. And he<sup>saww</sup> said regarding the day of <span class="iTxt">Arafāt</span> and the day of Al-Muzdalifa what he<sup>saww</sup> said’. I said, ‘So what is that which follows it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>’ (Fast). I said, ‘And what is the matter the <span class="iTxt">Soām</span> (Fast) came to be at the end of all that?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The Fast is a shield from the Fire’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The superior is what, when it is missed out by you, there would be no repentance from it besides that you would return to it, so you would fulfil it with exactly it. The <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span>, nothing can happen to be in its place besides its fulfilment, and that the <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>, when it is missed out by you, or you are deficient, or you are in a journey, you can fulfil it in days other than it, and that sin would be sufficed for you by a charity, and there would be no paying back (of the outstanding <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>) upon you, and there is nothing from those four, anything which would suffice you in its place, something else’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘The peak of the matter, and its hump, and its key, and the door of the things, and Pleasure of the Beneficent (Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>) is in the obedience to the (Divine) Imam<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> after recognising him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>. Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h80"><a href="/books/quran:4#h80">[4:80]</a></a> Whoever obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, and whoever turns back, so We have not Sent you as a keeper over them</span>. At the same time, if a man were to stand (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) for his night, and (observe) <span class="iTxt">Soām</span> (Fast) for his day, and give charity with the entirety of his wealth, and perform <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span> for the entirety of his lifetime, but would not recognise the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of the ‘وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ’ Guardian<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, so there would be no right for him upon Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Majestic and Mighty, any right for His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Rewards, nor would he ever be from the people of the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> (faith)’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘The good one from them, Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> would Enter him into the Paradise by the Grace of His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mercy’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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