Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Reason Why There is a Need for the Imam (as)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى الْعِجْلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ نَحْنُ جَنْبُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ صَفْوَتُهُ وَ نَحْنُ حَوْزَتُهُ وَ نَحْنُ مُسْتَوْدَعُ مَوَارِيثِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ نَحْنُ أُمَنَاءُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَحْنُ حُجَجُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ أَرْكَانُ الْإِيمَانِ وَ نَحْنُ دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ نَحْنُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ نَحْنُ مَنْ بِنَا يُفْتَحُ وَ بِنَا يُخْتَمُ وَ نَحْنُ أَئِمَّةُ الْهُدَى وَ نَحْنُ مَصَابِيحُ الدُّجَى وَ نَحْنُ مَنَارُ الْهُدَى وَ نَحْنُ السَّابِقُونَ وَ نَحْنُ الْآخِرُونَ وَ نَحْنُ الْعَلَمُ الْمَرْفُوعُ لِلْخَلْقِ مَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِنَا لَحِقَ وَ مَنْ تَأَخَّرَ عَنَّا غَرِقَ وَ نَحْنُ قَادَةُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ نَحْنُ خِيَرَةُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ الطَّرِيقُ الْوَاضِحُ وَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَحْنُ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ نَحْنُ الْمِنْهَاجُ وَ نَحْنُ مَعْدِنُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ نَحْنُ مَوْضِعُ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ إِلَيْنَا تَخْتَلِفُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ نَحْنُ السِّرَاجُ لِمَنِ اسْتَضَاءَ بِنَا وَ نَحْنُ السَّبِيلُ لِمَنِ اقْتَدَى بِنَا وَ نَحْنُ الْهُدَاةُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ نَحْنُ عُرَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ نَحْنُ الْجُسُورُ وَ الْقَنَاطِرُ مَنْ مَضَى عَلَيْهَا لَمْ يُسْبَقْ وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا مُحِقَ وَ نَحْنُ السَّنَامُ الْأَعْظَمُ وَ نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بِنَا يُنْزِلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الرَّحْمَةَ وَ بِنَا يُسْقَوْنَ الْغَيْثَ وَ نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بِنَا يُصْرَفُ عَنْكُمُ الْعَذَابُ فَمَنْ عَرَفَنَا وَ أَبْصَرَنَا وَ عَرَفَ حَقَّنَا وَ أَخَذَ بِأَمْرِنَا فَهُوَ مِنَّا وَ إِلَيْنَا.
Narrated to us my father (ra): Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Abbas bin Maroof from Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman Basri from Abi Maghra Humaid bin Muthanna Ijli from Abi Baseer from Khaithama Jofi from Abi Ja’far (as) that he said: <br> “We are the Jambullah (side of Allah) and we are His chosen ones and His Pool. We are the inheritors of the prophets. We are the trustees of (secrets) of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. We are the proofs of Allah and we are the pillars of faith and we are the foundations of Islam. We are from the mercy of Allah on His creatures. We are those through whom was the beginning and will be the end. And we are the Imams of guidance and we are the lamps of darkness and we are the minarets of guidance. We are the foremost and we are the ultimate. We are raised standard for the people. One who got attached to us got the truth and one who left us was drowned. We are the chiefs with white-forehead. <br> We are the best creatures of Allah and we are the clear and straight path to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. We are from the bounties of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime on His creatures. And we are the illuminated path and we are the mines of prophethood and the site of placing prophethood. We are those to whom the angels come and go. We are lamps for those who take light from us. We are the path of truth for those who follow us. We are the guides to Paradise and we are rope of Islam. We are that bridge, such that one who passed through would not be surpassed and one who left was destroyed. And we are the highest peaks and we are those through whom Allah, the Mighty and Sublime sends His mercy and through us sends the rain. And we are those through whom chastisement is warded off from you. Thus one who recognized and understood us and became aware of our rights and accepted our guardianship, is from us and (is heading) to us.”
Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.
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