, His Command to Love Them, and the Reward for Loving Them10 حَدَّثَنِي جَمَاعَةُ مَشَايِخِي مِنْهُمْ أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ زَكَرِيَّا الْمُؤْمِنِ عَنْ أَبِي مُسْكَانَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) خُذُوا بِحُجْزَةِ هَذَا الْأَنْزَعِ فَإِنَّهُ الصِّدِّيقُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ الْهَادِي لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ وَ مَنْ سَبَقَهُ مَرَقَ مِنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ مَحَقَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ فَقَدِ اعْتَصَمَ بِاللَّهِ [اعْتَصَمَ بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ] وَ مَنْ أَخَذَ بِوَلَايَتِهِ هَدَاهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ وَلَايَتَهُ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ مِنْهُ سِبْطَا أُمَّتِي الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ وَ هُمَا ابْنَايَ وَ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَئِمَّةُ الْهُدَاةُ وَ الْقَائِمُ الْمَهْدِيُّ فَأَحِبُّوهُمْ وَ تَوَالَوْهُمْ وَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوَّهُمْ وَلِيجَةً مِنْ دُونِهِمْ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ ذِلَّةٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَ قَدْ خابَ مَنِ افْتَرى
10. A group of my scholars including my father, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā ibn ‘Ubayd Al-Yaqťīni, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Zakariyyā Al-Mu`min, from Ibn Muskān, from Zayd (ibn Yūnus Al-Shaḥḥām) servant of Ibn Hubayrah, from Abī Ja’far (Imam Bāqir ), who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Hold on to this emptied man (Imam ‘Ali ). Verily he is SIDDǏQ AL-AKBAR (the greatest truthful one) and he is the guide of those who follow him. Those who precede him have apostatized the religion of Allāh. Allāh will destroy those who disappoint him. Those who adhere to him have adhered to the “cord of Allāh” (3:103). Allāh guides those who accept his Wilāyah and He leads astray those who neglect his Wilāyah. Ḥasan and Ḥusain , the two chiefs of my nation, are from ‘Ali and they are my sons. The Imams of guidance and Mahdi, the Qā`im , are (all) from the children of Ḥusain . Therefore, love them and follow them. Do not take their enemies as friends or choose them as leaders above them, for if you do, the wrath of Allāh will befall you and you will be disgraced in this world. “And he who forges a lie fails miserably” (20:61).
