Words of Salayman ibn Khalid to Abu ‘abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 158
Al-Kāfi
Volume 8, Book 1, Chapter 158
Words of Salayman ibn Khalid to Abu ‘abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam
1 hadithجَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي شِبْلٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ لَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ إِنَّ الزَّيْدِيَّةَ قَوْمٌ قَدْ عُرِفُوا وَ جُرِّبُوا وَ شَهَرَهُمُ النَّاسُ وَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُحَمَّدِيٌّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْكَ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُدْنِيَهُمْ وَ تُقَرِّبَهُمْ مِنْكَ فَافْعَلْ فَقَالَ يَا سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ إِنْ كَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ السُّفَهَاءُ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَصُدُّونَا عَنْ عِلْمِنَا إِلَى جَهْلِهِمْ فَلَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْ وَ لَا أَهْلًا وَ إِنْ كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ قَوْلَنَا وَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ أَمْرَنَا فَلَا بَأْسَ.
158. Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Amro Bin Usmaan, from Abu Shibal who said: ‘I and Suleyman Bin Khalid came up to Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام. Suleyman Bin Khalid said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘The Zaydiites (a sect) are a people who are well known, and tried, and famous among the people, and there is none in the earth who is more praised and more beloved to them than you عليه الصلاة والسلام are. So I see that if you عليه الصلاة والسلام can be closer to them and bring them closer to you عليه الصلاة والسلام, then you عليه الصلاة والسلام should do so (lead them as an Imam عليه الصلاة والسلام)’. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘O Suleyman Bin Khalid! If those fools are intending that they would prevent us عليه الصلاة والسلام from our عليه الصلاة والسلام Knowledge, to go to their ignorance, then they are not welcome. However, if they had heeded our عليه الصلاة والسلام words, and would have waited for our عليه الصلاة والسلام Command, then there would be nothing wrong with it’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/21)
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