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“Allah’s holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam who would teach people about Him.”

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: O Ali, when the Day of Resurrection shall be, I, you and Jibra’eel will sit upon the Path, and none will pass except for those who have a book that includes the acquittal of your befriendship.

Just as Allah, the Mighty and Sublime showers mercy on His believing servants at the time of Prayers, He also curses some people.” He was asked, “Why are some people cursed?” He replied, “Because they deny our rights and falsify us.”

“I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), if Zakat can be given to those who do not acknowledge this issue (the Divine Authority of ’A’immah). He (the Imam) said, ‘No, not even al-Fitrah Zakat can be given to them.’”

Amir al-Mu'minin (as) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: I am the master of the Children of Adam, and you, `Ali, and the Imams from your descendants, are the masters of my Nation. Whoever loves us has loved Allah, and whoever hates us has hated Allah, and whoever aligns with us has aligned with Allah, and whoever opposes us has opposed Allah, and whoever obeys us has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys us has disobeyed Allah.

Commander of the Faithful (ʿas) said, "I possess ten (distinctive characteristics) given to me by the Messenger of God (ṣ), each individual one of them pleases me more than everything over which the sun rises. He said to me: 'You are my brother in this world and the next. Your place of standing will be the closest of anyone to mine on the Day of Judgement. Your house will face my house in the Garden, in the manner that two brothers in God face one another. You are my standardbearer in this world and the next. You are my legatee, my inheritor, and my caliph over the people and wealth and Muslims in every absence of mine. Your intercession is my intercession. Your friend is my friend, and my friend is God's friend. Your enemy is my enemy, and my enemy is God's enemy.'"

The narrator asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) about one who imprecates Ali (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) replied, “I swear by Allah that it is permissible to kill him however doing so should not become a cause of death of an innocent human.” The narrator asked, “How can it become a cause of the death of an innocent?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The death of that infidel should not be retaliated by the death of a believer.”

21. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that a believer can surely intercede for his friend except a nasibi because even if all the prophets, messengers and honored angels intercede for a nasibi, their intercession will not be accepted.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Nuh (a.s.) took even dogs and pigs with him on the Ark but he did not take the illegitimate born; and the enemies of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) are even worse than illegitimate-borns.

The people are of three groups: Arabs, friends and the debased. We are the Arabs. The friends are those who love and follow us. However, the debased ones are the Nasabites who dislike us.”

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that: “One who wears a ring inscribed ‘Muh’ammadun nabiyyullaahi wa a’liyyunw waliyyullaah’ Allah will save him from unpleasant death and he will die a natural death only.”

Commander of the Faithful said: “Recognize Allah through Allah, the Messenger through the message, and the ones vested with authority [ulu al-amr] through their beneficence, justice, and good deeds.”

Imam Mahdi (AS), when Sad b. ‘Abdillah al-Qummi asked him the reason why people cannot elect an Imam for themselves, replied, ‘Would he be a righteous man or a corrupt man? I said, ‘Righteous. He said, ‘Is it possible that the selected individual be actually corrupt, for no one really knows what passes through anothers mind, in terms of their righteousness or corruption? I said, ‘Yes. He said, ‘That is the reason why.

“On the Day of Judgment the cursed Iblees and the misguided people of the Ummah will be brought pulled by their nose. Their group will equal the size of Mt. Ohad. They will be thrown into Hell face down. By this, a door of Hell will be closed.”

Are those who know equal to those who do not know? Only the people of reason take heed.” (39:9) ‘We are the people of knowledge, the people who and it is our enemies who do not know and our followers are the people who take heed and are the people of reason.’”

Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said one day on the pulpit of Kufa: I am the Master of Deputies and the Deputy of the Master of Prophets. I am the Imam of the Muslims, the Leader of the Pious, the Master of the Believers, and the husband of the Mistress of the Women of the Worlds. I am the one who wears a ring on the right hand; [the one] whose forehead is dusty. I am the one who made the two exoduses (to Medina and to Kufa), and I am the one who gave the two pledges of allegiance (`Aqaba and Ridwan). I am the patron of Badr and Hunayn. I am the one who strikes with two swords, riding on two horses (horse-after-horse). I am the inheritor of the knowledge of the former peoples and the Proof of Allah over humanity after the prophets and Muhammad b. `Abdullah (s), the Seal of Prophets. My allies will receive mercy, and my enemies are damned. My Beloved, the Messenger of Allah (s), would frequently say to me: “O `Ali! Loving you is God-wariness and faith, and hating you is disbelief and hypocrisy. I am the House of Wisdom and you are its key. Whoever claims to love me while hating you is a liar.”

"Islam has been founded on five pillars: the establishment of Salat (prayer), giving away Zakat (alms), fasting in the month of Ramadhan, pilgrimage to the Sacred House, and the Wilayat to us Ahlul Bayt."

There is no good in this world except for two men: a man who does more good deeds every day, and a man who compensates for his sins through repentance. When will he be able to repent? I swear by God that God would not accept his repentance even if he prostrates to God to the extent that his neck falls off, unless by his friendship with us - the members of the Holy Household.”

Our Shi’a are only the cores, the nobles, the people of cottage and those of good birth. Ali bin Ja’far said: So I asked him about the interpretation of that, and he said: The cores are from Quraish, the nobles are from the Arabs, the people of cottages are from the Muwali [1] and those with good birth from among the mass.

“I swear that there are three things that are just: you and the Trustees after you are the ones who teach the way to get to know God. No one can get to know God unless he goes he gets to know you. You are the ones to teach the way to Paradise. No one can get to go to Paradise unless he gets to know you and you get to know them. You are the passage to Hell for the residents of Hell. No one would go to Hell unless he denies you and you deny him.”