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 قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام اكْتُبْ مَا أُمْلِي عَلَيْكَ قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَ تَخَافُ عَلَيَّ النِّسْيَانَ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ النِّسْيَانَ وَ قَدْ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ لَكَ أَنْ يُحَفِّظَكَ وَ لَا يُنْسِيَكَ وَ لَكِنِ اكْتُبْ لِشُرَكَائِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ مَنْ شُرَكَائِي يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ بِهِمْ تُسْقَى أُمَّتِي الْغَيْثَ وَ بِهِمْ يُسْتَجَابُ دُعَاؤُهُمْ وَ بِهِمْ يَصْرِفُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الْبَلَاءَ وَ بِهِمْ تَنْزِلُ الرَّحْمَةُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ- وَ هَذَا أَوَّلُهُمْ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ عليه السلام ثُمَّ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ عليه السلام ثُمَّ قَالَ عليه السلام الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ.
Narrated to us my father (ra): Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Husain bin Saeed from Hammad bin Isa from Ibrahim Umar Yamani from Abi Tufail from Abi Ja’far (as) that he said: <br> The Messenger of Allah (sw) said to Amirul Momineen (as): “Write down what I dictate to you.” Ali (as) said: “O Prophet of Allah, do you fear that I will forget?” He replied: “No, I am not worried about your forgetfulness. I had prayed to Allah to make you remember and protect you from forgetfulness. But you write down for your partners. Ali (as) asked: “Who are my partners, O Prophet of Allah?” The Prophet said: “The Imams from your progeny through whom my Ummah will get rain. Through whom their supplications will be accepted and through whom Allah will ward off calamities from them and through them mercy will descend from the heavens.” Then he pointed to Hasan (as) and said: “He shall be the first.” Then he gestured to Husain (as) and said: “(The other) Imams shall be from his progeny.”
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