قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَخْبِرْنِي بِدَعَائِمِ الْإِسْلَامِ الَّتِي لَا يَسَعُ أَحَداً التَّقْصِيرُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا الَّذِي مَنْ قَصَّرَ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا فَسَدَ دِينُهُ وَ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ [اللَّهُ] مِنْهُ عَمَلَهُ وَ مَنْ عَرَفَهَا وَ عَمِلَ بِهَا صَلَحَ لَهُ دِينُهُ وَ قَبِلَ مِنْهُ عَمَلَهُ وَ لَمْ يَضِقْ بِهِ مِمَّا هُوَ فِيهِ لِجَهْلِ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْأُمُورِ جَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الْإِيمَانُ بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ الْإِقْرَارُ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَ حَقٌّ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ الزَّكَاةُ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهَا وَلَايَةُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ فِي الْوَلَايَةِ شَيْءٌ دُونَ شَيْءٍ فَضْلٌ يُعْرَفُ لِمَنْ أَخَذَ بِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُ إِمَامَهُ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً وَ كَانَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ كَانَ عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلام ) وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُونَ كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثُمَّ كَانَ الْحَسَنَ ( عليه السلام ) ثُمَّ كَانَ الْحُسَيْنَ ( عليه السلام ) وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُونَ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَ حُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ وَ لَا سِوَاءَ وَ لَا سِوَاءَ قَالَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَزِيدُكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ حَكَمٌ الْأَعْوَرُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ثُمَّ كَانَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ هُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ مَنَاسِكَ حَجِّهِمْ وَ حَلَالَهُمْ وَ حَرَامَهُمْ حَتَّى كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ فَفَتَحَ لَهُمْ وَ بَيَّنَ لَهُمْ مَنَاسِكَ حَجِّهِمْ وَ حَلَالَهُمْ وَ حَرَامَهُمْ حَتَّى صَارَ النَّاسُ يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا كَانُوا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ هَكَذَا يَكُونُ الْأَمْرُ وَ الْأَرْضُ لَا تَكُونُ إِلَّا بِإِمَامٍ وَ مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يَعْرِفُ إِمَامَهُ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً وَ أَحْوَجُ مَا تَكُونُ إِلَى مَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ بَلَغَتْ نَفْسُكَ هَذِهِ وَ أَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ عَنْكَ الدُّنْيَا تَقُولُ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ حَسَنٍ . أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ السَّرِيِّ أَبِي الْيَسَعِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مِثْلَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Isa Bin Al Sariy Abu Al Yas’a who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Inform me of the foundation of Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> which no one has the capacity to be deficient from recognising anything from it, which if one was to be deficient from recognising anything from it, would spoil his Religion, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would not Accept his deeds from him; and the one who recognizes it and acts accordingly with it, his Religion would be correct for him, and his deeds would be Accepted from him, and he would not be constricted by it from what he would be in due to the ignorance of something from the matters of his ignorance’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The testimony that there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the <span class="iTxt">Emān (belief)</span> that Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> is Rasool<sup>saww</sup> of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the acknowledgement with whatever he<sup>saww</sup> came with from the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the right of <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> in the wealth, and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Commanded with, the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Is there anything regarding the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> besides the thing which the one who takes to it can be recognised with?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said: <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h59"><a href="/books/quran:4#h59">[4:59]</a></a> O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those in authority from among you</span>. And Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The one who dies and does not recognise his<sup>asws</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup> has died the death of ‘جَاهِلِيَّةً’ (Kufr - the Pre-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span>ic period), and it was Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> and it was Ali<sup>asws</sup>, and the others said it was Muawiya. Then it was Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, then it was Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, and the others said (it was) Yazeed Bin Muawiya and Al-Husayn Bin Ali<sup>asws</sup>. And they were not equal, and they were not equal’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he<sup>asws</sup> was silent. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Shall I<sup>asws</sup> increase it for you?’ So Hakam Al-Awro said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Yes, May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>!’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Then it was Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, then it was Muhammad<sup>asws</sup> Bin Ali<sup>asws</sup> Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>. And the Shias before Abu Jafar<sup>asws</sup> did not know the rituals of their <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>, and their Permissible and their Prohibitions until it was Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> (as the <span class="iTxt">Ul Al-Amr</span>). So he<sup>asws</sup> opened (the knowledge) for them and explained to them the rituals of their <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>, and their Permissible and their Prohibitions, to the extent that the people came to be needy to them from after their being needy to the people. And that is how the matter happens to be, and the earth will not happen to be except with an Imam<sup>asws</sup>, and the one who dies not having recognised his Imam<sup>asws</sup> would have died the death of ‘جَاهِلِيَّةً’ (kufr - the Pre-Islāmic period); and the neediest what you will happen to be, what you are upon, is when your soul reaches this here’ – and he<sup>asws</sup> pointed with his<sup>asws</sup> hand to his<sup>asws</sup> throat – ‘and the world would be cut-off from you, and you would be saying, ‘We were upon a beautiful matter’’. Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Isa Bin Al Sariy Abu Al Yas’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> – similar to it.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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