سَمِعْتُهُ يَسْأَلُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا لَا يَسَعُهُمْ جَهْلُهُ وَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُمْ غَيْرُهُ مَا هُوَ فَقَالَ أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ إِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَ إِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَ صَوْمُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا الَّذِي فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ وَ لَا يَسْأَلُ الرَّبُّ الْعِبَادَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولَ أَلَّا زِدْتَنِي عَلَى مَا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَكِنْ مَنْ زَادَ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) سَنَّ سُنَناً حَسَنَةً جَمِيلَةً يَنْبَغِي لِلنَّاسِ الْأَخْذُ بِهَا .
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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Salih Bin Al Sindiy, from Ja’far Bin Bashir, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard him asking Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so he said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Inform me about the Religion which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Necessitated upon the servants what they have no leeway for being ignorant of it, nor would anything else be Accepted from them. What is it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Repeat it to me<sup>asws</sup>’. So he repeated to him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The testimony that there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and that Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> is Rasool<sup>saww</sup> of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and establishing the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and giving the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span> of the House (Kabah) by the one who has the capacity for a way to it, and Fasting the Month of Ramazan’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> was silent for a while, then said: ‘And the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span>’, twice. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘This is which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Necessitated upon the servant, and the Lord<sup>azwj</sup> will not Ask the servants on the Day of Judgement: “Why did you not increase upon what I<sup>azwj</sup> Necessitate upon you?” But, the one who increases (the deeds), Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Increase (for) him (the Rewards). Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> made a Sunnah, a beautiful Sunnah. It is befitting for the people to take by it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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