Al-Kafi 2902

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Hashim Sahib al Bareyd who said, ‘I and Muhammad Bin Muslim and Abu Al-Khattab had gathered. So Abu Al-Khattab said to us, ‘What are you saying regarding the one who does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah)?’ So I said, ‘The one who does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah), so he is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. So Abu Al-Khattab said, ‘But he is not a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever) until the proof is established upon him. So when the proof is established upon him and (then) he does not recognise, so he is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. So Muhammad Bin Muslim said to him, ‘Glory be to Allah^azwj! What is for him when he does not recognise and does not reject, he commits <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief)? He is not a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> when he does not reject?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘So when I performed Hajj, I went over to Abu Abdullah^asws and informed him^asws with that. So he^asws said: ‘You^asws have attended and those two are absent. But, I^asws give you an appointment of the night of the Middle Rock (for stoning during Hajj) in Mina’. So when it was the (appointed) night, I gathered in his^asws presence, and Muhammad Abu Al-Khattab and Muhammad Bin Muslim. So he^asws grabbed a pillow and placed it upon his^asws chest, then said to us: ‘What are you saying regarding your servants and your womenfolk, and your family members. Are they not testifying that there is no god except for Allah^azwj?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘So are they recognising what you are upon (Al-Wilayah)?’ He^asws said: ‘Are they not testifying that Muhammad^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘Are they not praying <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and are Fasting, and are performing Hajj?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘So are they recognising what you are upon (Al-Wilayah)?’ I said, ‘No’. He^asws said: ‘So what are they in your presence?’ I said, ‘The one who does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah), so he is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. He^asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah^azwj! Do you not see the people of the roads and the people of its waters?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘Are they not praying <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and they are Fasting, and they are performing Hajj? Are they not testifying that there is no god except for Allah^azwj and that Muhammad^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘So are they recognising what you are upon (Al-Wilayah)?’ I said, ‘No’. He^asws said: ‘So what are they in your presence?’ I said, ‘The one who does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah), so he is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. He^asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah^azwj! Do you not see the Kabah and the <span class="iTxt">Tawaaf</span>, and the people of Al-Yemen hanging on to the curtains of the Kabah?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘Are they not testifying that there is no god except for Allah^azwj and that Muhammad^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww, and they are praying <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and they are Fasting, and they are performing Hajj?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘So are they recognising what you are upon (Al-Wilayah)?’ I said, ‘No’. He^asws said:’ So what are you saying regarding them?’ I said, ‘The one who does not recognise (Al-Wilayah) so he is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. He^asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah^azwj! These are the words of the Kharijites’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘If you like, I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> shall inform you all’. So I said, ‘(As for) I, no’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘It is an evil upon you if you are saying with something what you have not heard from us<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I guessed that he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> turned us upon the words of Muhammad Bin Muslim’.

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