دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَخِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا حَوَّلَكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَنْزِلِ قَالَ طَلَبُ النُّزْهَةِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ لَا أَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ دِينِي فَقَالَ بَلَى قُلْتُ أَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِشَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ أَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ وَ إِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَ إِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَ صَوْمِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ حِجِّ الْبَيْتِ وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِعَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِلْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ لَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ أَنَّكُمْ أَئِمَّتِي عَلَيْهِ أَحْيَا وَ عَلَيْهِ أَمُوتُ وَ أَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَمْرُو هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ دِينُ اللَّهِ وَ دِينُ آبَائِيَ الَّذِي أَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِهِ فِي السِّرِّ وَ الْعَلَانِيَةِ فَاتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ كُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَ لَا تَقُلْ إِنِّي هَدَيْتُ نَفْسِي بَلِ اللَّهُ هَدَاكَ فَأَدِّ شُكْرَ مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَا تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ طُعِنَ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَ إِذَا أَدْبَرَ طُعِنَ فِي قَفَاهُ وَ لَا تَحْمِلِ النَّاسَ عَلَى كَاهِلِكَ فَإِنَّكَ أَوْشَكَ إِنْ حَمَلْتَ النَّاسَ عَلَى كَاهِلِكَ أَنْ يُصَدِّعُوا شَعَبَ كَاهِلِكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdu Jabbar, altogether from Safwan, from Amro Bin Hureys who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> and he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> was in the house of his<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> brother Abdullah son of Muhammad (Al-Baqir)<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>. So I said to him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! What made you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> to transfer to this house?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Seeking the solitude’. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! Shall I relate my Religion to you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘I make a Religion of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> with the testimony that there is no god except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Alone, there being no associates for Him<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and that Muhammad<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> is His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> servant, and that the Hour is coming, there being no doubt in it, and that Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> would be Resurrecting the ones in the graves, and to establish the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and to give the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and (to observe) <span class="iTxt">Soām</span> the Month of Ramazan, and <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span> of the House (Kabah), and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> after Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>, and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of Al-Hassan<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> and Al-Husayn<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span> of Muhammad<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> Bin Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and for you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> from after him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> all are my Imams<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, upon it I do live and upon it I would be dying, and I make a Religion of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> by it’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘O Amro! And this, by Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, is the Religion of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and the Religion of my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> forefathers<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> which they<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> made as a Religion of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> with in the privacy and the publicly. Therefore fear Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and restrain your tongue except from goodness, and do not say, ‘I have guided myself’, but Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Guided you. Therefore thank Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic for the Favoured He<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> has Done to you, and do not become from the ones who when he faces forwards, the gets hit in his eye, and when he turns backwards, he gets stabbed in his neck, and do not carry the people upon your shoulders. So if you do carry the people upon your shoulders, they cause injury to your shoulders’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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