Al-Kafi 2934

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar Al Yamani, from Ibn Azina, from Aban Bin Ayyash, from Suleym Bin Qays who said, ‘I heard Ali^asws saying and a man had come over to him^asws, and he said to him^asws: ‘What is the least of that with which the servant (of Allah^azwj) becomes a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> (believer), or a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (unbeliever), or a straying one?’ So he^asws said to him: ‘You have asked so now try to understand the answer. As for the least of that with which the servant (of Allah^azwj) can be a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> is that he recognises Allah^azwj Blessed and High himself, so he acknowledges to Him^azwj with the obedience, and he recognises His^azwj Prophet^saww, so he acknowledges to him^saww with his^saww obedience, and he recognises His^azwj Imam^asws and His^azwj Proof in His^azwj earth, and His^azwj Witness over His^azwj creatures, so he acknowledges to him^asws with the obedience’. I said to him^asws, ‘O Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>^asws! And even if he was ignorant of the entirety of the things except what you^asws have described?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes. Whenever he^asws orders, he obeys, and whenever he^asws forbids, he keeps away. And the least of that with which the servant (of Allah^azwj) can be a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (unbeliever) is the one who alleges that the things Allah^azwj has Forbidden from is what Allah^azwj has Commanded with, and establishes it as a religion, and pretends that he is worshipping the One^azwj Who has Commanded with it, and rather he is worshipping the Satan^la. And the least of that with which the servant (of Allah^azwj) happen to be straying one is that he does not recognise the Proof^asws of Allah^azwj Blessed and High and His^azwj Witness upon His^azwj servants whom Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has Commanded with his^asws obedience and Imposed his^asws Wilayah’. I said, ‘O Amir Al <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>^asws! Describe them^asws to me’. So he^asws said: ‘Those^asws whom Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has Paired with Himself^azwj and His^azwj Prophet^saww, so He^azwj Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h59"><a href="/books/quran:4#h59">[4:59]</a></a> O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those in authority from among you</span>’. I said, ‘O Amir Al <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>^asws! May Allah^azwj Make me to be sacrificed for you^asws! Clarify it to me’. So he^asws said: ‘Those^asws for whom Rasool-Allah^saww spoke of at the end of his^saww sermon on the day Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Caused him^saww to pass away: ‘I^saww am leaving behind two matters among you all. You will never stray after me^saww for as long as you attach yourselves with these two – the Book of Allah^azwj and my^saww offspring, the People^asws of my^saww Household, for the Knower of the subtleties and the All-Aware has Informed me^saww and has Covenanted to me^saww that these two will never separate until they both come to me^saww at the Fountain, like these two’ – and he^saww gathered between his^saww ‘<span class="iTxt">Tasbeeh</span> fingers’ (the forefinger and the thumb), ‘And I^saww am not saying like this’ – and he^saww gathered between the thumb and the middle finger, ‘So that one of the two would precede the other. Therefore, attach yourselves with these two and you will neither be deceived nor stray, and do not precede them^asws, for you will go astray’.

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