سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي لَا يَسَعُ الْعِبَادَ جَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ الدِّينُ وَاسِعٌ وَ لَكِنَّ الْخَوَارِجَ ضَيَّقُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ جَهْلِهِمْ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَأُحَدِّثُكَ بِدِينِيَ الَّذِي أَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ بَلَى فَقُلْتُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْإِقْرَارَ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَتَوَلَّاكُمْ وَ أَبْرَأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَ مَنْ رَكِبَ رِقَابَكُمْ وَ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ ظَلَمَكُمْ حَقَّكُمْ فَقَالَ مَا جَهِلْتَ شَيْئاً هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ سَلِمَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ نِسَاؤُكُمْ وَ أَوْلَادُكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ رَأَيْتَ أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَا كَانَتْ تَعْرِفُ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washha, from Musna, from Ismail Al Ju’fy who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> about the Religion which there is no leeway for the servants to be ignorant of it. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Religion is vast but the Kharijites narrowed it upon themselves due to their ignorance’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Can I narrate to you<sup>asws</sup> with my Religion which I am upon?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. So I said, ‘I testify that there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and I testify that Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> is His<sup>azwj</sup> servant and His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup>, and I acknowledge with whatever he<sup>saww</sup> came with from the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and I befriend you<sup>asws</sup> and disavow from your<sup>asws</sup> enemies and the ones who stay away from you<sup>asws</sup> rights and are ordering upon you<sup>asws</sup> and are oppressing you<sup>asws</sup> of your<sup>asws</sup> rights’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘You are not ignorant of anything. It is, by Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, that which we<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> are upon’. I said, ‘So would anyone be safe if he does not recognise this matter (Al-Wilayah)?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘No, except for the weak ones (of understanding’. I said, ‘Who are they?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Your womenfolk and your children’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘What is your<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> view of Umm Ayman<sup style="font-weight: normal">ra</sup>, for I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> testify that she<sup style="font-weight: normal">ra</sup> is from the inhabitants of the Paradise, and she<sup style="font-weight: normal">ra</sup> did not recognise what you are upon’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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