Letter of Abi Abdillah (a. s) to a group of Shia — Hadith 1

so he is, in the Sight of Allah (azwj), in His (azwj) Triumphant Party, and he is from the true Believers. And beware of insisting upon something from what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited in the Apparent of the Quran and its Hidden. And Allah (azwj) the High has Said: “[3: 135] and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done” (Up to this point it is the narration of Al-Qasim Bin Rabi’e). It means that the Believers before them, when they forgot something from what Conditions Allah (azwj) had Placed upon them in His (azwj) Book, would come to the realisation that they had disobeyed Allah (azwj) in their avoidance of that thing. So they would seek Forgiveness and would not repeat it. So that is the meaning of the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[3: 135] and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done”. And know that He (azwj) has Commanded and Prohibited, so that there should be obedience in what He (azwj) has Commanded for, and avoidance in what He (azwj) has Prohibited from. So the one who has followed His (azwj) Commands has obeyed Him (azwj), and has realised everything from the good, which is with Him (azwj), and the one who did not avoid what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited from, so he has disobeyed Him (azwj). So if he were to die upon being disobedient to Him (azwj), Allah (azwj) will Fling him upon his face in the Fire. And know, that there is nothing else between Allah (azwj) and anyone from His (azwj) creatures, Angels of Proximity, or Messenger Prophets (as), or all others apart from that, except for their obedience to Him (azwj). <br> So strive in being obedient to Allah (azwj), if you wish to become true Believers, truly, and there is not Strength except by Allah (azwj)’. And he (asws) said: ‘And it is for you to obey your Lord (azwj) in accordance with your abilities, for Allah (azwj) is your Lord (azwj). And know that the Islam is the submission, and the submission is the Islam. So the one who submits, so he has Islam, and the one who does not submit, there is no Islam to him. And the one wishes to do himself a favour, so he should obey Allah (azwj), for the one who has obeyed Allah (azwj) has indeed done himself a favour. And beware of being disobedient to Allah (azwj) if you were to do it. The one who violated by being disobedient to Allah (azwj), so he has disfavoured himself, and there is no station between favour and disfavour. For the ones who have done a favour in the Sight of their Lord (azwj), is Paradise, and for the ones who have vi