hadith
2508
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Imam Ali (AS) said, If I wished to inform every man from among you of where he has come from and where he is going to and about all his affairs, I would do so, but I fear that you will take me and abandon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. However, I will convey it to the selected ones who are safe from that [fear]. By the One who sent him with truth and chose him above the creation, I do not speak save the truth. He (the Prophet) has informed me about all this and about the destruction of those who are destroyed and the salvation of those who are saved (and the consequences of this matter [of the caliphate]). He left nothing that I would encounter except that he put it into my ear and informed me about it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ شِئْتُ أنْ أُخْبِرَ كُلَّ رَجُل مِنْكُمْ بِمَخْرَجِهِ وَ مَوْلِجِهِ وَ جَمِيعَ شَأْنِهِ لَفَعَلْتُ لكِنّي أخافُ أنْ تَكْفُرُوا فِيَّ بِرَسُولِ اللّهِ صَلَواتُ اللّهِ وَ سَلامُهُ عَلَيْهِ إلاّ أنّي مُفْضِيهِ إلَى الخاصَّةِ مِمَّنْ يُؤْمَنُ ذلِكَ مِنْهُ وَ الَّذي بَعَثَهُ بِالحَقِّ وَ اصْطَفاهُ عَلَى الخَلْقِ ما أنْطِقُ إلاّ صادِقاً وَ لَقَدْ عَهَدَ إلَيَّ بِذلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ بِمَهْلِكِ مَنْ يَهْلِكُ وَ بِمَنْجا مَنْ يَنْجُو(وَمَآلِِ هذا الأمْرِ) وَما أبْقى شَيْئاً يَمُرُّ عَلى رَأسي إلاّ أفْرَغَهُ في أُذُنَيَّ وََ أفضى بِهِ إلَيَّ
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