hadith
2480
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Certainly the Imams are the [only] vicegerents of Allah over His creation and the ones who explain His servants about Him; and none will enter Paradise except the one who recognizes them and is recognized by them and none will enter the hellfire except the one who rejects them and is rejected by them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّما الأئِمَّةُ قُوّامُ اللّهِ عَلى خَلْقِهِ وَ عُرَفاؤُهُ عَلى عِبادِهِ وَ لا يَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ إلاّ مَنْ عَرَفَهُمْ وَ عَرَفُوهُ وَ لا يَدْخُلُ النّارَ إلاّ مَنْ أنْكَرَهُمْ وَأنْكَرُوهُ
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