Imam Alis(as) reading of 3:102

From Hussain Bin Khalid who narrated: Imam Musa Al Kadhim(as) asked: How would you read this verse:{You who believe, be mindful of God, as is His due, and do not die except as devotees(Musalimun)}? I replied:Muslims(Muslimun). He said:SubhanAllah!So he declares their faith first by calling them believers and then asks them to be devoted Muslims, so does that mean faith(Iman) precedes Islam? I replied:Thats the reading of Zayd. So He said:Ali Ibn Abu Talibs(as) reading of it,however, which is the exact way it was revealed by Jibril to Muhammad(saw) is as follows:{Except as devotees(musalimun)}-to the Messenger of Allah and then Imams after Him.

📚Tafsir Al-Ayyashi V1,P333           

                

The rejectors of Imam Ali(as)

Chapter-Punishment of the one who doubts Imam Ali(as)

From Ali Bin Abdullah, from Musa Bin Sa’adan, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim Al Hazramy, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar, It has been narrated from Abu Abdullah(as) having said: ‘Abu Ja’far(as)  said: ‘Allah(swt)  Mighty and Majestic Made Ali(as) as a Flag in between Him(swt)  and His creatures. There is no Flag in between Him and them apart from him. The one who follows Him would  be a Believer, and the one who fights against him would be an Infidel, and the one who doubts in him would  be a Polytheist’.

It has been narrated from Muhammad son of Ja’far , from his father(as)  having said: ‘Ali(as)  is the Door of Guidance. The one who opposes him(as)  is an Infidel, and the one who rejects him would enter the Fire’.

‘I heard Abu Ja’far(as) saying: ‘Rasool-Allah(saw)  said: ‘The neglecters of the Wilayah of Ali(as) , and the deniers of his(as)  merits, and the manifester of enmity to Him , are outside from Al-Islam – the one from among them who dies upon that’.

From Ibn Umar Al Armany, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza Al Bata’iny, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’la who said, I heard Abu Abdullah(as)  saying: ‘Even if all the ones who are in the earth were to fight against Ali(as) , Allah(swt) would Enter (All of them) into the Fire’.

📚Al Mahasin V1,P171-172

 

Did Imams(as) tell their companions to give fatwas?

Ahmad Ibn Ali reported that Imam Al-Baqir (a.) said to Aban Ibn Taghlib: “Sit down in the house of prayer in Medina and provide the people with clarification (fatwa), because i love that one like you is seen among my followers.” 

📚Al-Wasa’il-ush-Shia V30 P291

Umayyah Ibn Ali reported that Muslim Ibn Abi Hayyah said: “I was in the service of Abu Abdillah As-Sadiq (a.), after which i wanted to leave him. I said goodbye to him and said: “I want you to provide me with care.” He said: “Come to Aban Ibn Taghlib, for he has already heard numerous sayings (Hadith) from me. So whatever he narrated to you about me, you will also narrate that about me.” 

📚Rijal Al-Kashi P277

Aban Ibn Uthman reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “Aban Ibn Taghlib narrated *30,000 sayings (Hadith) about me, so you also narrate them from him.” 

📚Ar-Rijal An-Najashi P12

*most of them havent reached us unfortunately 

Muhammad Hussein Ishfahani(the teacher of Al Khoei) writes:

,,Those hadiths that suggest permissibility of issuing fatwas , although theyre our strongest argument for taqleed, however the problem is that back then Fatwa meant explanation and narration of hadiths.

And at the times of the Prophet and the Imams, the rulings would be conveyed through the transmission of narrations and traditions — and not through operating with opinions and speculations, thus it does not prove anything other than the probative force of a narration.”

📚Nihayatul Diraya Fi Sharh Al Kifaya V3,P466

 

Position of The Shia depends on the amount of ahadith they narrate

 Muhammad Ibn Ahmad reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “Recognize the position of our followers by the amount of narrations they narrate about us in a good way, for we do not consider any of them understanding (Faqih) to be really understanding (Faqih) until he is a narrator.” He was told: “Is the believer a narrator?” He said: “He is given insight (Fahm) and the one, who is given the insight, is the narrator.” 

📚Ar-Rijal Al-Kashi, P11

Issues that weren’t mentioned by The Imams(as)?

al-Shaykh Yusuf al-Bahraini writes: 

“And from them (the doubtful matters) is whatever there is no principle for, as you know, and its ruling is to refer back to them (the Imams), otherwise, [it is obligatory to do] tawaqquf and ihtiyat (caution).”

📚al-Durar al-Najafiyah, V1, P184

Ammar As-Sabati reported that Imam As-Sadiq (as) said: “Everything is clean until you know (with certainty) it is unclean. If you have gained the knowledge about it, then it has become unclean, but as long as you do not know it, you have no obligation. 

📚Wasa’il-Ush-Shia  V3, P467

Abu Basir reported that he asked Imam As-Sadiq (as): “We are dealing with matters, which we do not know in the scripture of God nor in the custom (of the prophet). Do we form our own opinion about it?” He said: “No, if you are right, you will not be rewarded and if you are wrong, you have lied about God.” 

📚Kitab Al Kafi  V1 P56 (Dar Al Kutub Al Islamiyah)

Ja’far As-Sadiq (a.) reported that prophet Muhammad (s.) said: “My nation is excused from nine things: from that, which is ignored and forgotten, from that, which they were compelled to do, from that, which they do not know, from that, which they are not capable of, from that, which they were in need of, from evil omen, from envy and from pondering about that which is whispered in the creature, as long as man did not express it in words through his lips.” 

📚Al Fusul V1 P638

 

Rijal An-Najashi and Rijal At Tusi contradict each other

Daud Ibn Kathir Al Riqqi

Trustworthy

📚Rijal At Tusi #5003

Weak

📚Rijal An-Najashi #410

Jafar Ibn Muhammad Ibn Malik

Trustworthy

📚Rijal Tusi #6037

Weak in hadith,narrated from the unknown

📚Rijal An-Najashi #313

Al Hassan Ibn Al Hussein Al Luaiy

...Weakened by Ibn Babaway.

📚Rijal Tusi #6110

Trustworthy 

📚Rijal An-Najashi #83

 

Taqleed in Halal/Haram but not in Usoole Deen?

Sharif Al Murtadha writes:

,,Non Shias say that common men cant understand Furoo e Deen from hadiths and if you say that they have to follow hadiths then you are giving them a task thats beyond their abilities”

Reply

,,Theres no dispute in the fact that Usool E Deen has to be derived by laymen from the hadiths directly even though Usool E Deen are more complex , complicated, theres more questions about them and theres more doubts In there in comparison to halal and haram issues”

,,Lets talk about a person who cant understand hadiths do you require him to do Taqleed?”

,,We are talking about someone who cant understand ANY hadith, such a person would not understand Usool E Deen from hadiths either. Such a person is like a child theres no obligation for them to study it to begin with.”

📚Rasail Sharifa Al Murtadha P42-43

*If you claim that you cant understand ahadith about  halal and haram and thats why you need to follow a marja  then that’s equal to claiming that you have the intellectual capacity of a child.