Punishments
Punishment of enmity with Amirul Momineen (a.s.) and denying or doubting his Wilayat
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَاسِمِ الْحَضْرَمِیِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی جَعَلَ عَلِیّاً ع عَلَماً بَیْنَهُ وَ بَیْنَ خَلْقِهِ لَیْسَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَهُ عَلَمٌ غَیْرُهُ فَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ کَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ مَنْ جَحَدَهُ کَانَ کَافِراً وَ مَنْ شَکَّ فِیهِ کَانَ مُشْرِکاً.
11. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, “The Almighty Allah has made Ali (a.s.) a sign in His creation. There is no sign between Allah and His creatures except Ali (a.s.). Whoever obeys him will be considered a believer, his deniers are infidels and those who doubt in him are polytheists.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ: عَلِیٌّ بَابُ الْهُدَی مَنْ خَالَفَهُ کَانَ کَافِراً وَ مَنْ أَنْکَرَهُ دَخَلَ النَّارَ.
12. And from the previous chain from Muhammad b. Ja’far from his father (a.s.) who said: “Ali is the door of guidance. Those who oppose him are infidels and his deniers are destined to Hell.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْأَرْمَنِیُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ الْبَطَائِنِیِّ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ أَبِی الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ لَوْ جَحَدَ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع جَمِیعُ مَنْ فِی الْأَرْضِ لَعَذَّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِیعاً وَ أَدْخَلَهُمُ النَّارَ.
13. It is narrated that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “Even if all the creatures of this earth deny the love of Amirul Momineen (a.s.), Allah will send chastisement on all of them and throw everyone in Hell.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی أَبِی عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَرِیرٍ الْبَجَلِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع جَاءَنِی ابْنُ عَمِّکَ کَأَنَّهُ أَعْرَابِیٌّ مَجْنُونٌ عَلَیْهِ إِزَارٌ وَ طَیْلَسَانٌ وَ نَعْلَاهُ فِی یَدِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ قَوْماً یَقُولُونَ فِیکَ قُلْتُ لَهُ لَسْتَ عَرَبِیّاً قَالَ بَلَی قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْعَرَبَ لَا تُبْغِضُ عَلِیّاً ع قُلْتُ لَهُ لَعَلَّکَ مِمَّنْ یُکَذِّبُ بِالْحَوْضِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَبْغَضْتَهُ ثُمَّ وَرَدْتَ عَلَی الْحَوْضِ لَتَمُوتَنَّ عَطَشاً.
14. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) told the narrator, “Your cousin came to me like a mad Bedouin wearing torn clothes. He had worn a sheet over that and was carrying shoes in his hands. He told me that some people talk about you. I asked him whether he was not an Arab? He replied that he was indeed an Arab. I told him: Arabs do not hate Ali (a.s.) and perhaps you are among those who deny the cistern of Kauthar. Beware! If you reach Kauthar with this hatred, you will indeed die thirsty.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ السُّلَمِیِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ: نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع عَلَی النَّبِیِّ ص فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ السَّلَامُ یُقْرِئُکَ السَّلَامَ وَ یَقُولُ مَا خَلَقْتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَ مَا فِیهِنَّ وَ الأرض [الْأَرَضِینَ] السَّبْعَ وَ مَا عَلَیْهِنَّ وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ مَوْضِعاً أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الرُّکْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً دَعَانِی مُنْذُ خَلَقْتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ ثُمَّ لَقِیَنِی جَاحِداً لِوَلَایَهِ عَلِیٍّ لَأَکْبَبْتُهُ فِی سَقَرَ.
15. And from the previous chain from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sulami from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his father (a.s.) who said: “O Muhammad! Peace be upon you, Allah has sent salutations to you. There is no place more superior in all seven heavens and everything present in them and all seven lands and everything present in them than rukn and maqaam. One who supplicates at this place from the time of creation of heavens and the earth but denies the love of Ali and later on meets Allah, He will surely throw that person in Hell.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَیْمَانَ الدَّیْلَمِیِّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ قَیْسٍ بَیَّاعِ الزُّطِّیِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ إِنَّ لِی جَاراً لَسْتُ أَنْتَبِهُ إِلَّا عَلَی صَوْتِهِ إِمَّا تَالِیاً کِتَاباً یَخْتِمُهُ أَوْ یُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ إِلَّا أَنْ یَکُونَ نَاصِبِیّاً فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فِی السِّرِّ وَ الْعَلَانِیَهِ فَقِیلَ لِی إِنَّهُ مُجْتَمِعُ الْمَحَارِمِ قَالَ فَقَالَ یَا مَیْسَرَهُ یَعْرِفُ شَیْئاً مِمَّا أَنْتَ عَلَیْهِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَحَجَجْتُ مِنْ قَابِلٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ لَا یَعْرِفُ شَیْئاً مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِخَبَرِ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ لِی مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ فِی الْعَامِ الْمَاضِی یَعْرِفُ شَیْئاً مِمَّا أَنْتَ عَلَیْهِ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ یَا مَیْسَرَهُ أَیُّ الْبِقَاعِ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَهً قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ ابْنُ رَسُولِهِ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ یَا مَیْسَرَهُ مَا بَیْنَ الرُّکْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ رَوْضَهٌ مِنْ رِیَاضِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً عَمَّرَهُ اللَّهُ فِیمَا بَیْنَ الرُّکْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ أَلْفَ عَامٍ وَ فِیمَا بَیْنَ الْقَبْرِ وَ الْمِنْبَرِ یَعْبُدُهُ أَلْفَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ ذُبِحَ عَلَی فِرَاشِهِ مَظْلُوماً کَمَا یُذْبَحُ الْکَبْشُ الْأَمْلَحُ ثُمَّ لَقِیَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِغَیْرِ وَلَایَتِنَا لَکَانَ حَقِیقاً عَلَی اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ یُکِبَّهُ عَلَی مَنْخِرَیْهِ فِی نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ.
16. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Yahya al-’Attar from Muhammad b. Ahmad who said it was narrated to me by Ibrahim b. Ishaq from Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Daylami from his father from Qays Bayaa’ al-Zata who said: “O Maisar! There is one of the gardens of Paradise between the Rukn and Maqaam. Similarly there is one of the gardens of Paradise between the grave of the Holy Prophet and his pulpit. If the Almighty Allah prolongs the life of a person so that he prays between Rukn and Maqaam and between the grave of the Holy Prophet and the pulpit for one thousand years and if he is slaughtered like an animal by oppressors while he laid silently on his bed and if such a person meets Allah without our love, he deserves only that Allah throws him headlong into Hell.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِیرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْنَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع یَقُولُ إِنَّ عَدُوَّ عَلِیٍّ ع لَا یَخْرُجُ مِنَ الدُّنْیَا حَتَّی یَجْرَعَ جُرْعَهً مِنَ الْجَحِیمِ وَ قَالَ سَوَاءٌ عَلَی مَنْ خَالَفَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ صَلَّی أَمْ صَامَ.
17. It is narrated that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, “As soon as the enemy of Ali (a.s.) passes away from this world, he is made to drink a gulp of the boiling water of Hell. For one who is inimical to Ali (a.s.) there is no difference whether he is a worshipper or a fornicator.”
وَ فِی حَدِیثٍ آخَرَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع النَّاصِبُ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَیْتِ لَا یُبَالِی صَامَ أَوْ صَلَّی أَوْ زَنَی أَوْ سَرَقَ إِنَّهُ فِی النَّارِ.
18. It is narrated that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, “For the enemies of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) there is no difference whether they observe fast and offer prayers or they commit fornication and theft. In any case they are destined to Hell and they shall go to Hell.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ یَرْفَعُهُ إِلَی هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع سَبَّابَهٌ لِعَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ حَلَالُ الدَّمِ لَوْ لَا أَنْ یَعُمَّ بِهِ بَرِیئاً قُلْتُ أَیُّ شَیْ ءٍ یَعُمُّ بِهِ بَرِیئاً قَالَ یُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِکَافِرٍ.
19. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah who raised it to Hisham b. Salim who said: The narrator asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) about one who imprecates Ali (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) replied, “I swear by Allah that it is permissible to kill him however doing so should not become a cause of death of an innocent human.” The narrator asked, “How can it become a cause of the death of an innocent?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The death of that infidel should not be retaliated by the death of a believer.”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ یَرْفَعُهُ إِلَی سَعِیدٍ الْمُکَارِی عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع أَصْبَحَ عَدُوُّنَا عَلَی شَفَا حُفْرَهٍ قَدْ تَهَاوَتْ بِهِ فِی نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتَعْساً لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ بِئْسَ مَثْوَاهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ یَقُولُ- فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَی الْمُتَکَبِّرِینَ وَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ یَقْصُرُ [عَنْ] حُبِّنَا بِخَیْرٍ إِلَّا جعل [جَعَلَهُ] اللَّهُ عِنْدَهُ.
20. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, “Our enemy is standing at the edge of the pit of Hell and will surely enter Hell and the hellish will be destroyed. It is a bad place for them as Almighty Allah has said: so certainly evil is the dwelling place of the proud.28 There is no such person who is granted goodness by Allah and does not love us.”
