حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام لِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَ مِنَّا الْهُدَاةُ أَمْ مِنْ غَيْرِنَا قَالَ بَلْ مِنَّا الْهُدَاةُ إِلَى اللَّهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ بِنَا اسْتَنْقَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ ضَلَالَةِ الشِّرْكِ وَ بِنَا يَسْتَنْقِذُهُمْ مِنْ ضَلَالَةِ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ بِنَا يُصْبِحُونَ إِخْوَاناً بَعْدَ ضَلَالَةِ الْفِتْنَةِ كَمَا بِنَا أَصْبَحُوا إِخْوَاناً بَعْدَ ضَلَالَةِ الشِّرْكِ وَ بِنَا يَخْتِمُ اللَّهُ كَمَا بِنَا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ.
Narrated to us my father; and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from Muhammad bin Abdul Hameed from Mansur bin Yunus from Abdur Rahman bin Sulaiman from his father from Abi Ja’far from Harith bin Naufal that he said: Ali asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “O Messenger of Allah, would the guides be from us or others?” He replied: “From us are the guides to Allah till the Judgment Day. Through us has Allah, the Mighty and Sublime saved the people from the deviation of polytheism and through He saved them from the deviation of evil. Through us have the people become brothers after being in the deviation of evil just as they became brothers after being in the deviation of polytheism. Through us will Allah conclude like He initiated through us.”
