Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār · Volume 1 · Section 35 · 5 narrations
O Messenger of Allah, is it the Tawrat? He said: No. They said: Then is it the Injeel? He said: No. They said: Then is it the Qur’an? He said: No. He said: Then the Commander of the Believers, Ali, peace be upon him,…
Read the full narration →The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I asked Abu Bishr, the Linguist, in the City of Peace about the meaning of the Imam, to which he said: The Imam in the language of the Arabs is the one who…
Read the full narration →We were with al-Rida, peace be upon him, in Merv, so we gathered in the mosque on Friday at the beginning of our arrival. Then they passed around the matter of Imamate and they mentioned the amount of dispute among the…
Read the full narration →I asked Abu Ja’far, al-Baqir, peace be upon him: By what is the Imam recognized? He said: With certain characteristics, of which the first is an affirmation from Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, for him and His…
Read the full narration →For the Imam are signs: that he is the most knowledgeable among the people, the wisest among people, the most godfearing among the people, the most forbearing among the people, the bravest among all people the most…
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