Kamaluddin | Shaikh As-Saduq | Excerpt 28

Kamaluddin | Shaikh As-Saduq | Excerpt 28

Author: Shaikh As-Saduq (a.r.)

Book : Kamaaluddin Wa Tamam Un Nemah

What are the consequences of believing and rejecting the Imams from the progeny of Hazrat Ali(as)?

Excerpt – 28

Book – Kamaaluddin wa tamam un nemah(part 1)

Author –Shaikh As-Saduq(a.r.)

Chapter 24 : Traditional Reports from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) that Imam Mehdi (a.t.f.s) is the twelfth divinely appointed Imam

In this chapter also the author continues with the discussions of the previous chapter. In this Chapter, 37 traditions are narrated from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) announcing that Imam Mehdi (a.t.f.s) is the 12th divinely appointed Imam. InshaAllah in our excerpts we will try present portions from 5 of these traditions.

In the 3rd narration, the following Hadis e Qudsi it is reported from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) wherein Allah enumerates the benefits of acknowledging the beliefs in Tauhid, the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet(s.a.w.a) and the leadership of Hazrat Ali(as) and his immaculate progeny in the following words: He(swt) says:

‘I will make him enter Paradise on account of My mercy, save him from My hell due to My forgiveness and allow him to reside in My neighborhood. I will make My honor obligatory on him, complete My bounties on him and make him from My special and pure (servants).
If he calls Me, I will answer him, if he invokes Me, I will accept his invocation, if he asks Me, I will grant him. If he is silent, I will initiate the talk with him and if he errs, I will have mercy on him. If he flees from Me, I will call him and if he returns unto Me, I will accept him. If he knocks on My door, I will open it.’

As for the one who would reject the belief in the Imams of the Holy Ahlul Bait (as), Allah says:

‘Indeed he has denied My bounties, belittled My greatness and disbelieved in My signs and My books.

If he desires Me, I will veil Myself from him and if he asks Me, I will deprive him. When he calls Me, I will not hear his call and when he invokes Me, I will not accept his invocation.
If he expects from Me, I will disappoint him. This is my retribution for him and I am not unjust unto My servants.’

At this juncture, Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari stood up and asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a)! Who are the Imams from the progeny of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)?’
He(s.a.w.a) informed, “Hasan (a.s) and Husain(a.s), the two leaders of the youth of paradise. Then, the chief of the worshippers in his time, Ali Ibn Husain (a.s), then Baqir, Muhammad Ibn Ali (a.s); soon you will reach unto him O Jabir, so when you meet him, convey my salutations unto him. He will be followed by Sadiq, Ja’far Ibn Muhammad (a.s), then Kazim, Musa Ibn Ja’far(a.s), then Reza, Ali Ibn Musa(a.s), then Taqi, Muhammad Ibn Ali(a.s), then Naqi, Ali Ibn Muhammad(a.s), then Zaki, Hasan Ibn Ali(a.s), then his son, the one who will rise with the truth, the Mahdi (a.t.f.s) of this Ummah. He will fill the earth with justice and equity, as it would be fraught with injustice and oppression. These, O Jabir, are my caliphs, my successors, my descendants and my progeny.

Whoever obeys them has obeyed me and whoever disobeys them has defied me. Whoever denies them or denies even one of them, then indeed he has denied me.
Through them, Allah, the Mighty and Glorified, will prevent the skies from falling on the earth.’

May Allah bless us by instilling the love of the Hazrat Ali(a.s) and his righteous progeny in our hearts.