The Dictations · Hadith 1000 (#Ḥadīth #1)

دين الامامية هو الاقرار بتوحيد الله تعالى ذكره، ونفي التشبيه عنه، وتنزيهه عما لا يليق به، والاقرار بأنبياء الله ورسله وحججه وملائكته وكتبه، والاقرار بأن محمدا (صلى الله عليه وآله) هو سيد الانبياء والمرسلين، وأنه أفضل منهم ومن جميع الملائكة المقربين، وأنه خاتم النبيين، فلا نبي بعده إلى يوم القيامة، وأن جميع الانبياء والرسل والائمة (عليهم السلام) أفضل من الملائكة، وأنهم معصومون مطهرون من كل دنس ورجس، لا يهمون بذنب صغير ولا كبير ولا يرتكبونه، وأنهم أمان لاهل الارض كما أن النجوم أمان لاهل السماء.

On this day, the people of his assembly and the elders convened to the Shaykh al-Faqih, Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi , and they asked him to dictate to them and describe the Imami religion with conciseness and summarization. So, he said: The Imami religion is the affirmation of the oneness of Allah, exalted be His mention, and the negation of similarity (tashbih) [to His creation] for Him, and His exclusion from what is not suitable for Him. It is the affirmation of the prophets of Allah, His messengers, His Proofs, His angels, and His books. It is the affirmation that Muhammad (s) is the master of the prophets, and that he is superior to them, and [superior to] all the Angels of Proximity, and that he is the Seal of Prophets. There is no prophet after him until the Day of the Resurrection. All the prophets, messengers, and Imams are superior to the angels. They are immaculate (ma`sumin) and purified from every uncleanliness and filth. They do not consider doing neither the minor sin nor the major, nor do they commit it, and they are a safeguard for the people of the Earth just as the stars are a safeguard for the people of heaven.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).