قِيلَ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ مُؤْمِناً قَالَ فَأَيْنَ فَرَائِضُ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ لَوْ كَانَ الْإِيمَانُ كَلَاماً لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِيهِ صَوْمٌ وَ لَا صَلَاةٌ وَ لَا حَلَالٌ وَ لَا حَرَامٌ قَالَ وَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا قَوْماً يَقُولُونَ إِذَا شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ قَالَ فَلِمَ يُضْرَبُونَ الْحُدُودَ وَ لِمَ تُقْطَعُ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلْقاً أَكْرَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ لِأَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ خُدَّامُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَنَّ جِوَارَ اللَّهِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَنَّ الْحُورَ الْعِينَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ مَنْ جَحَدَ الْفَرَائِضَ كَانَ كَافِراً .
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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Muhammad Bin Fuzayl, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kinany, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> having said: ‘It was said to Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, ‘The one who testifies that there is no god except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and that Muhammad<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> is Rasool<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, would be a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So where are the Obligations of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘And I heard him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> saying: ‘Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> was saying: ‘If the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> was speech, there would not have been Sent down regarding it a <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>, nor a <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, nor a Permissible, nor a Prohibition’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>: ‘With us there is a group of people who are saying, ‘When one testifies that there is no god except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and that Muhammad<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> is Rasool<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, so he would be a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And why are they being struck by the legal punishments, and why are their hands being cut-off. And Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has not Created a creature more prestigious to Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic than the <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>, because the Angels are the attendants of the <span class="iTxt">Momineen (plural of Momin)</span>, and that vicinity of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> is for the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, and that the Paradise is for the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, and that the Maiden Houries are for the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So what is the case of the one who denies the Obligations? He would be a disbeliever’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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