Obedience and disobedience to Ali, 'Alayhim al-Salam
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 182
سَهْلٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ وَ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ وَ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) طَاعَةُ عَلِيٍّ ذُلٌّ وَ مَعْصِيَتُهُ كُفْرٌ بِاللَّهِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ طَاعَةُ عَلِيٍّ ذُلًّا وَ مَعْصِيَتُهُ كُفْراً بِاللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً يَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَقِّ فَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُ ذَلَلْتُمْ وَ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمُوهُ كَفَرْتُمْ بِاللَّهِ.
182. Sahl, from Yahya Bin Al-Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabalat, from Is’haq Bin Ammaar, and Ibn Sinan, and Sama’at, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘The Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Obedience to Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام is humbleness and disobedience to him is blasphemy with Allah عز وجل’. It was said, ‘O Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, how can obedience to Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام be humbleness and disobedience to him عليه الصلاة والسلام be blasphemy with Allah عز وجل?’ So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: ‘Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام carries you all upon the ‘الْحَقِّ’ Just, so if you obey him عليه الصلاة والسلام it would make you humble, and if you were to disobey him عليه الصلاة والسلام, you would have blasphemed against Allah عز وجل’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/34)
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