The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 771 (#Ḥadīth #43)

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن محمد بن علي، عن محمد بن أسلم، عن الحسن ابن محمد الهاشمي، عن عمر بن أذينة، عن أبان بن أبي عياش، عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي، عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: قلت له: ما أدنى ما يكون به الرجل ضالا؟ قال: أن لا يعرف من أمر الله بطاعته، وفرض ولايته، وجعله حجته في أرضه، وشاهده على خلقه. قلت: فمن هم يا أمير المؤمنين؟ فقال: الذين قرنهم الله بنفسه ونبيه فقال: " يا أيها الذين آمنوا أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم " قال: فقبلت رأسه وقلت: أوضحت لي وفرجت عني وأذهبت كل شك كان في قلبي.

44. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Ibn Udhayna, from Buraid al-‘Ajali, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the least by which a servant becomes a disbeliever? He said: He then took (a bunch of) pebbles from the ground and said: That one says about these pebbles that they are kernels, and that he dissociates from those who oppose him on that, and that he takes dissociation from those who believe in other than his belief as a religious doctrine before Allah. Such an individual is a hostile who has associated partners with Allah and disbelieved from (the aspect of) that which he does not know.

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