قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَدْعُو لِوَالِدَيَّ إِذَا كَانَا لَا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لَهُمَا وَ تَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُمَا وَ إِنْ كَانَا حَيَّيْنِ لَا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ فَدَارِهِمَا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ لَا بِالْعُقُوقِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Moammar Bin Khalid who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Should I supplicate for my parents when they do not recognise the truth (Al-Wilayah)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Supplicate for them both and give charity on their behalf; and if they were alive not recognising the truth (Al-Wilayah), so circle around them (introduce to them the Al-Wilyah), for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Sent me<sup>saww</sup> with the Mercy, not with the ingratitude’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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