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69. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Hallal who has said the following. “I asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. . someone will cry out, “God has condemned the unjust,” (7:44) The Imam (a.s.) said, “The caller will be Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.).”
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The Imam (a.s.) said, “They were Hamza, ‘Ubayda, Salman, abu Dhar, al-Miqdad ibn al_Aswad and ‘Ammar who were guidedd to Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.). “However, God has endeared the faith to you and has made it attractive to your hearts –meaning thereby Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)) He has made disbelief, evil deeds and disobedience hateful to you. Such people will have the right guidance (meaning thereby the first, the second and the third)” (49:7)
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from abu ‘Ubayda who has said the following: “Once I asked abu Ja‘far, recipient of divine supreme covenant, about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most High: ‘. . . bring me a Book, revealed before this Quran, or anything remaining of knowledge to support your belief, if indeed you are truthful.’ (46:4) “The Imam said, ‘Book refers to Tora and the Gospel and the remaining knowledge refers to the knowledge of the executors of the wills of the prophets.’”
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72. Al-Husayn ibn muhammad has narrated from from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from the one who had narrated to him from Ali ibnja who has said the following. “I heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.) say, ‘When the Messenger of Allah saw Taym, ‘Adi and Amawids climb his pulpit he was severely frightened. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, sent him a reading to comfort him. “When We told the angels to prostrate before Adam they all obeyed except Iblis (Satan) who refused.” (20:116) Then Allah, sent him a message that said, “O Muhammad, commanded them and they disobeyed. Do not despair if you will command them and they will disobey you in the matters of the executor of your will.”
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73. Muhammad in Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Husayn ibn Na‘im al-Sahhaf who has said the following. “I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah. “. . some of you have accepted the faith and some of you have not. .” (64:2) The Imam (a.s.) said, “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, has defined their faith through their love for us. He has defined their disbelief in the same fact. This took place on the day He asked all the offspring of Adam (in the form of minute beings) to make a covenant.” I then asked him about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. “Obey God and the Messenger, but if you turn away, know that the only duty of Our Messenger is to clearly preaCh” (64:12). The Imam (a.s.) said, “By Allah, no one of those who were destroyed before or those who will be destroyed up to the time of the rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority but because of disregarding of our Wilaya (Leadership with Divine Authority) and the denial of our rights. The Messenger of Allah did not leave this world before establishing the great responsibility on this ’Umma to observe our rights. Allah guides to the right path whomever he wants.”