Faḍaʾil al-Shīʿa 1, narration 37

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The virtues and ranks of true believers and Shia followers

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Arabic text

حدّثني محمّد بن موسى بن المتوكّل بإسناد يرفعه، عن مالك الجهني، عن أبي عبد الله قال: يا مالك، أما ترضون أن تقيموا الصلاة، وتؤدّوا الزكاة، وتكفّوا أيديكم، وتدخلوا الجنّة؟ ثمّ قال: يا مالك، إنّه ليس من قوم ائتمّوا بإمام في دار الدنيا إلاّ جاء يوم القيامة يلعنهم ويلعنونه، إلاّ أنتم ومن كان بمثل حالكم. ثمّ قال: يا مالك، مَن مات منكم على هذا الأمر شهيد بمنزلة الضارب بسيفه في سبيل الله. قال: وقال مالك: بينما أنا عنده ذات يوم جالس، وأنا اُحدّث نفسي بشيء من فضلهم، فقال لي: أنتم والله شيعتنا لا تظنّ أنّك مفرط في أمرنا. يا مالك، إنّه لا يقدر على صفة الله أحد، فكما لا يقدر على صفة الله فكذلك لا يقدر على صفة الرسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله، وكما لا يقدر على صفة الرسول فكذلك لا يقدر على صفتنا، وكذلك لا يقدر على صفة المؤمن. يا مالك، إنّ المؤمن ليلقى أخاه فيصافحه فلا يزال الله ينظر إليهما والذنوب تنحاتّ عن وجوههما حتّى يتفرّقا، وإنّه لا يقدر على صفة من هو هكذا. وقال إنّ أبي عليه السلام كان يقول: لن تطعم النار من يصف هذا الأمر.

Translation

Mohammed bin Musa bin al-Mutawakkil narrated to me… from Malik al-Juhani that Abu Abdullah (a) said: O Malik, do you not accept to offer the (obligatory) prayers, defray the zakat, and stop your aggressions so as to be in Paradise? (He then added) O Malik, as for any people who follow a leader in this world, that leader will curse them and they will curse him on the Day of Resurrection. Only your likes and you are excluded from this rule. (He then added) O Malik, anyone of you who dies while he keeps up these beliefs will enjoy the same rank of the shahids whose swords are engaged in fighting for the sake of Allah. (Malik said) One day, I was sitting before him -i.e. Imam Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (a) - and talking to myself about some of the Imams’ credits. He (a) said to me: You are, by Allah, our Shia. Do not think that you are negligent in regard with our rights. O Malik, no one can describe Allah exactly. In the same manner, no one can describe the Messenger (s) exactly, no one can describe us exactly, and no one can describe the believer exactly. O Malik, as the believer shakes hands with his brother when they meet, Allah looks at them making their sins fall out until they leave. It is impossible to describe the bearers of such qualities. My father (a) used to say: The fire (of Hell) will not consume him who describes this matter.

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  1. Mohammed bin Musa bin al-Mutawakkil narrated to me…
  2. Malik al-Juhani
  3. Abu Abdullah (a) said

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