Hadith 1159
۞
79. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Hamdan ibn Sulayman from ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Yamani from Mani‘ ibn al-Hajjaj from Yunus from Hisham ibn al-Hakam from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. “. . the belief of any soul will be of no avail to it unless some good deeds have been done with it. .” (6:158) The Imam (a.s.) said
“It means to acknowledge the prophets and the executors of their wills especially Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.).” The Imam (a.s.) said, “The faith of a soul will not be of any benefit because it will be removed.”
79ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ مَنِيعِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لا يَنْفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمانُها لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ يَعْنِي فِي الْمِيثَاقِ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمانِها خَيْراً قَالَ
الاقْرَارُ بِالانْبِيَاءِ وَالاوْصِيَاءِ وَأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) خَاصَّةً قَالَ لا يَنْفَعُ إِيمَانُهَا لانَّهَا سُلِبَتْ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #1116 “Balances are the prophets and the executors of their wills.”
- Al-Kāfi #1146 “They are the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.).”
- Al-Kāfi #1149 “They are The Holy Prophet (s.a) and Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.).”
- Al-Kāfi #1103 “It means that Allah commanded Adam about Muhammad (s.a.) and the Imams after him. He did not acknowledge it (Leadership with Divine...
- Al-Kāfi #1093 “It refers to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) and the Imams (a.s.).”