Notable Points and Comprehensive Ahadith about Wilaya (Leadership with Divine Authority)

كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَخَذَ مِيثَاقَ شِيعَتِنَا بِالْوَلَايَةِ وَ هُمْ ذَرٌّ يَوْمَ أَخَذَ الْمِيثَاقَ عَلَى الذَّرِّ وَ الْإِقْرَارَ لَهُ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص بِالنُّبُوَّةِ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) used to say, “Allah made our Shi‘a (followers) to acknowledge our Wilaya Leadership with Divine Authority) when they were only in the realm of small particles. It was the day when Allah made the small particles to acknowledge Him as the Lord and Muhammad (sw) as His prophet.”

إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَخَلَقَ مَا أَحَبَّ مِمَّا أَحَبَّ وَ كَانَ مَا أَحَبَّ أَنْ خَلَقَهُ مِنْ طِينَةِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ خَلَقَ مَا أَبْغَضَ مِمَّا أَبْغَضَ وَ كَانَ مَا أَبْغَضَ أَنْ خَلَقَهُ مِنْ طِينَةِ النَّارِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُمْ فِي الظِّلَالِ فَقُلْتُ وَ أَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ الظِّلَالُ قَالَ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ظِلِّكَ فِي الشَّمْسِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَيْسَ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمُ النَّبِيِّينَ يَدْعُونَه

“Allah created the creatures. He created whatever He loved from whatever He loved. The most beloved to Him He created from the clay of paradise. He created whatever He disliked from whatever He disliked. Thus, the most disliked to Him He created from the clay of fire. Then He sent them to the shadow.” I asked him, “Wha

وَلَايَتُنَا وَلَايَةُ اللَّهِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً قَطُّ إِلَّا بِهَا.

“Our Wilaya is the Wilaya of Allah without which no prophet was ever sent.”

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِمَعْرِفَةِ حَقِّنَا وَ تَفْضِيلِنَا عَلَى مَنْ سِوَانَا.

"There has never been a prophet who came except with the knowledge of our rights and our preeminence over others."

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ لَسَبْعِينَ صَفّاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ يُحْصُونَ عَدَدَ كُلِّ صَفٍّ مِنْهُمْ مَا أَحْصَوْهُمْ وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَدِينُونَ بِوَلَايَتِنَا.

“By Allah, there are seventy rows of angels in the sky. If all the people on Earth were to gather, they could not count the number of each row of angels, and indeed, they believe in our Wilayah.”

وَلَايَةُ عَلِيٍّ ع مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ صُحُفِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا إِلَّا بِنُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ وَصِيِّهِ عَلِيٍّ ع.

“The Wilayah of Ali (a.s) is written in all the scriptures of the prophets, and Allah has never sent a messenger except with the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the succession of Ali (a.s).”

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَصَبَ عَلِيّاً ع عَلَماً بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ فَمَنْ عَرَفَهُ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ مَنْ أَنْكَرَهُ كَانَ كَافِراً وَ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ كَانَ ضَالًّا وَ مَنْ نَصَبَ مَعَهُ شَيْئاً كَانَ مُشْرِكاً وَ مَنْ جَاءَ بِوَلَايَتِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.

"Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, appointed Ali (a.s) as a sign between Him and His creation. Whoever acknowledges him is a believer, and whoever denies him is an unbeliever. Whoever is ignorant of him is misguided, and whoever who sets up something alongside him is a polytheist. Whoever comes with his Wilayah will

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع بَابٌ فَتَحَهُ اللَّهُ فَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ كَانَ كَافِراً وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِيهِ وَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْهُ كَانَ فِي الطَّبَقَةِ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِي فِيهِمُ الْمَشِيئَةُ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washha, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Abu Hamza who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far asws saying: ‘Ali asws is a door which Allah azwj Opened. So the one who enters it would be a Momin, and the one who exits from it would be a disbeliever, and the one who does not ente