2. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘
Uthman ibn ‘Isa from
ibn Muskan and Sama’a all from Abu ‘
Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“You have not become brothers on the basis of this matter (Walayah the belief of the Shi’a Muslims); it is only that you have recognized each other by means of Walayah .”