31-213 In the year 354 A.H. (964 A.D.)Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Abi Ja’far al-Bayhaqi in Fayd which is a station on the way back from going on pilgrimage (Hajj) to the Kaaba narrated that Ali ibn Ja’far al-Madani quoted on the authority of
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Mihrawayh al-Qazvini, on the authority of
Dawood ibn Soleiman, on the authority of
Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.), on the authority of his father (a.s.), on the authority of his father
Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father
Ja’far ibn Muhammad (a.s.), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Husayn (a.s.), on the authority of his father (a.s.) Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) that
God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the Resurrection Day comes we will be in charge of reckoning for our followers. If there is anything between them and God, we will make a ruling and God will endorse that. If there is anything between them and the people, we will ask the people to forgive them and they will do so on our behalf. And if there is anything between them and us, we will forgive them as we are the ones who most deserve to be forgiving.”