وَ كَتَبْتُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَهُ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا الْعِبَادَةُ قَالَ حُسْنُ النِّيَّةِ بِالطَّاعَةِ مِنَ الْوُجُوهِ الَّتِي يُطَاعُ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا أَمَا إِنَّكَ يَا عِيسَى لَا تَكُونُ مُؤْمِناً حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ النَّاسِخَ مِنَ الْمَنْسُوخِ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا مَعْرِفَةُ النَّاسِخِ مِنَ الْمَنْسُوخِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ تَكُونُ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ مُوَطِّناً نَفْسَكَ عَلَى حُسْنِ النِّيَّةِ فِي طَاعَتِهِ فَيَمْضِي ذَلِكَ الْإِمَامُ وَ يَأْتِي إِمَامٌ آخَرُ فَتُوَطِّنُ نَفْسَكَ عَلَى حُسْنِ النِّيَّةِ فِي طَاعَتِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَذَا مَعْرِفَةُ النَّاسِخِ مِنَ الْمَنْسُوخِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Shazaan Bin Al Khaleel who said, ‘And a letter from a letter of his, raising it to Isa Bin Abdullah said, ‘Isa Bin Abdullah said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for your<sup>asws</sup>! What is the worship?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The good intention in obedience (to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>) from the aspect which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> can be obeyed from. As for you, O Isa, you cannot become a Believer until you recognise the Abrogating from the Abrogated (Verses of the Holy Quran)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! And what is the recognition of the Abrgating from the Abrogated?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Do you not happen to be with the Imam<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, placed in your self upon the good intention, being in his<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> obedience. So that Imam<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> passes away and another Imam<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> comes, so you place yourself upon the good intention of being in his<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> obedience?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘This is the recognition of the Abgrogating and the Abrogated’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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