1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Hussain, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Ammar bin Marwan, from Munkhil, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said:

I asked him about this verse in the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And if you are killed in the Path of Allah, or die» (3:157). He said: Then he said: Do you know what the Path of Allah is? He said: I said: No, by Allah, except that I hear it from you. He said: The Path of Allah is Ali, peace be upon him, and his offspring. With regards to the Path of Allah, the one who is killed (for the sake of- and whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, is killed in the Path of Allah, and the one who dies (whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, dies in the Path of Allah.