Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 58

Translation

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Hussaini, that he said: We informed told by Abu Ja’far, Ahmad bin Isa bin Abi Maryam al-‘Ajali, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ziyad al-‘Azrami, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Hatem al-Manqari, from Mufaddal bin Umar, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the Path. So he said: It is the Way to conscious knowledge of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and they are two Paths: a Path in this world, and a Path in the Hereafter. As for the Path that is in this world, it is the Imam whose obedience is obligatory; the one who knows him in this world and follows his guidance, will walk on the Path that is the bridge of Hell in the Hereafter, and the one who does not know him in this world, his foot will slip off the Path in the Hereafter and collapse into the Fire of Hell.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.