Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Does the Imam of This Time Call to His Imamate or not?
و نحن نقول مع ذلك إن الإمام لا يأتي جميع ما يأتيه من اختفاء و ظهور و غيرهما إلا بعهد معهود إليه من رسول الله ص كما قد وردت به الأخبار عن أئمتنا ع. <br> حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْهَرَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيراً لَيَغِيبَنَّ الْقَائِمُ مِنْ وُلْدِي بِعَهْدٍ مَعْهُودٍ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي حَتَّى يَقُولَ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ مَا لِلَّهِ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَاجَةٌ وَ يَشُكُّ آخَرُونَ فِي وِلَادَتِهِ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَهُ فَلْيَتَمَسَّكْ بِدِينِهِ وَ لَا يَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا بِشَكِّهِ فَيُزِيلَهُ عَنْ مِلَّتِي وَ يُخْرِجَهُ مِنْ دِينِي فَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ الشَّياطِينَ أَوْلِياءَ لِلَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ.
[Al-Saduq says:] We say that whatever we get from Imam whether he is hidden or apparent is through the Holy Prophet as narrated in a tradition of our Imams. <br> It is narrated from Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil from Ali bin Ibrahim from his father from Abdus Salam bin Salih al-Harwi from Abul Hasan Ali bin Musa from his forefathers from Ali that the Holy Prophet (sw) said: “I swear by Him who appointed me to deliver the truth, certainly the Qaim from my progeny will remain hidden till the time people start asking, “What has Allah got to do with the progeny of Muhammad?”, while others will doubt his existence.mTherefore, whoever lives in his age should hold on tightly to his religion and not open doors for Shaitan because of doubts. Otherwise Shaitan will turn him away from the right path and deviate him from my religion as he got your father and mother removed from Paradise. Surely the Almighty Allah has made Shaitan the leader of those who do not have faith.
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