81ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَ فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوانَ الله كَمَنْ باءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِنَ الله وَمَأْواهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ هُمْ دَرَجاتٌ عِنْدَ الله فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوَانَ الله هُمُ الائِمَّةُ وَهُمْ وَالله يَا عَمَّارُ دَرَجَاتٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَبِوَلايَتِهِمْ وَمَعْرِفَتِهِمْ إِيَّانَا يُضَاعِفُ الله لَهُمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَيَرْفَعُ الله لَهُمُ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى.
81. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from ‘Ammar al-Sabati who has said the following.
“I asked abu ‘Abdallah 
about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. “Are those who seek God’s pleasure equal to those who incur His wrath and whose dwelling will be hell, the terrible destination? (3:162) People are of various grades in the sight of God. .” (3:163) The Imam said, “Those who follow what Allah is pleased are the Imams. They, by Allah, O ‘Ammar, give grades and degrees to the true believers. By means of our Wilaya (Leadership and guardian ship with Divine Authority) and their acknowledgment of us Allah increases the reward for their good deeds and (Allah) raises them to higher positions.”
