Hadith 22

are they guided to a way to become Momineen, recognisers. So, they are the companions of the Heights. And they, all of the, there is the Desire of Allah-azwj regarding them. If He-azwj Enters one of them into the Fire it would be due to his sin, and if He-azwj Overlooks (his sins) from him, it would be due to His-azwj Mercy’. I-ra said, ‘Will the Momineen, the recogniser of the caller, enter the Fire? ’ He-asws said: ‘No’. I-ra said, ‘Will he enter the Paradise, one who does not recognise the Imamate? ’ He-asws said: ‘No, except if Allah-azwj do Desires’. I-ra said, ‘Will anyone enter the Fire except a Kafir or a Mushrik? ’ He-asws said: ‘No one will enter the Fire except a Kafir, except if Allah-azwj so Desires’. I-ra said, ‘So the one who meets Allah-azwj as a Momin, having recognised his Imam-asws, being obedient to him-asws, would he be from the people of the Paradise? ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, when he meets Allah-azwj and he is a Momin. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: And those who are believing and doing righteous deeds, [2: 82] Those who are believing and they were fearing [10: 63] Those who are believing and are not mixing their Eman with injustice. [6: 82]. I-ra said, ‘So the one from them who meets Allah-azwj upon the major sins? ’ He-asws said: ‘He would be in His-azwj Desire. If He-azwj Punishes him, it would be due to his sins, and if He-azwj Overlooks from him, it would be due to His-azwj Mercy’. I-ra said, ‘So he would enter the Fire and he is a Momin? ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, due to his sins, because he isn’t from the Momineen, those He-azwj Meant, that they are His-azwj friends, and that there would neither be fear upon them nor would they be grieving [10: 62]. They are Momineen, those who feared Allah-azwj, and those who are doing righteous deeds, [2: 82] and those who are not mixing their Eman with injustice. [6: 82]’’. And from Aban, from Suleym Bin Qays who said, ‘I heard Abu Zarr-ra, and Salman-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra saying, ‘We-ra were seated in the presence of Rasool-Allah-saww, there was no one else other than us-asws, when a group of the Emigrants, all of the participants of (battle of) Badr, (passed by). Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘My-saww community will be dividing after me-saww into three sects. A sect would be upon the truth. Their example is like an example of the gold. Every time it is hit upon the fire, it increases in goodness and quality. Their Imam is one of the three. And a sect of the people of falsehood. Their example is like an example of the iron. Every time it enters the fire, increases in wickedness and stench. Their Imam is this one of the three. And a sect of the neither towards these ones nor towards those; [4: 143]. Their imam is this one of the three’. So I (Suleym) asked them-ra about the three. They-ra said, ‘The Imam-asws of the truth and the guidance is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and Sa’ad is imam of the wavering ones’. And I eager for them-ra to name for me the third, but they-ra refused unto me and they-ra turned away from me, until I recognise the one they-ra meant’’. [22]