Hadith 26
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If it should be argued that there is no alternative to belief in Allah, on the same grounds we will assert that there is no alternative to the Imam. We have explained this fully in Talkhis Shafi. Likewise, if they should explain that abstinence from wrong when one has belief is a religious matter, we would assert that its analogy in the being of the Imam is the same.
أو يقال: إن ما يحصل من الانزجار عن فعل الظلم عند المعرفة أمر دنياوي لا يجب لها المعرفة، فيجب من ذلك إسقاط وجوب المعرفة، ومتى قيل:إنه لا بدل للمعرفة، قلنا:وكذلك لا بدل للامام على ما مضى- وذكرناه في تلخيص الشافي-وكذلك إن بينوا أن الانزجار من القبيح عند المعرفة أمر ديني قلنا:مثل ذلك في وجود الإمام سواء.
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