دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ حُمْرَانُ أَوْ أَنَا وَ بُكَيْرٌ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّا نَمُدُّ الْمِطْمَارَ قَالَ وَ مَا الْمِطْمَارُ قُلْتُ التُّرُّ فَمَنْ وَافَقَنَا مِنْ عَلَوِيٍّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ تَوَلَّيْنَاهُ وَ مَنْ خَالَفَنَا مِنْ عَلَوِيٍّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ بَرِئْنَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا زُرَارَةُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ أَصْدَقُ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ فَأَيْنَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَ النِّساءِ وَ الْوِلْدانِ لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَ لا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا أَيْنَ الْمُرْجَوْنَ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ الَّذِينَ خَلَطُوا عَمَلًا صَالِحاً وَ آخَرَ سَيِّئاً أَيْنَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَعْرَافِ أَيْنَ الْمُؤَلَّفَةُ قُلُوبُهُمْ . وَ زَادَ حَمَّادٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فَارْتَفَعَ صَوْتُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ صَوْتِي حَتَّى كَانَ يَسْمَعُهُ مَنْ عَلَى بَابِ الدَّارِ . وَ زَادَ فِيهِ جَمِيلٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ الْكَلَامُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ قَالَ لِي يَا زُرَارَةُ حَقّاً عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يُدْخِلَ الضُّلَّالَ الْجَنَّةَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Zurara who said, ‘I and Humran’, or ‘I and Bukeyr went over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>. I said to him, ‘We are extending the plumb-line (a measuring device)’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And what is the plumb-line?’ I said, ‘A measuring criteria. So the one who is concordant with us from the Alawites or others, we befriend him, and the one who opposes us from the Alawites or others, we disavow from him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Zurara! The Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> are Truer than your words. So where are those from whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Spoke of <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h98"><a href="/books/quran:4#h98">[4:98]</a></a> Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to escape)</span>? Where are the hopeful ones to the Command of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, those <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:9#h102"><a href="/books/quran:9#h102">[9:102]</a></a> have mingled a good deed and an evil one</span>? Where are <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h48"><a href="/books/quran:7#h48">[7:48]</a></a> the the people of Al-Araf</span>? Where are the <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:9#h60"><a href="/books/quran:9#h60">[9:60]</a></a> those whose hearts are made to incline (to Truth)</span>?’ And there is an increase in the Hadeeth from Hammad having said, ‘So the voice of Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> and my voice was raised to the extent that it was heard from the doorway of the house. And there was an increase by Jameel, from Zurara having said, ‘So when the speech became a lot between him<sup>asws</sup> and him, he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Zurara! It is a right upon Allah<sup>azwj</sup> that He<sup>azwj</sup> does not Enter the straying one into the Paradise’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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