Hadith 85

(The book) ‘Al Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – ‘Ali Bin Bilal, from Abdullah Bin As’ad, from Al Saqafy, from Ismail Bin Sabeeh, from Salim Bin Abu Salim, from Abu Haroun Al Abady who said, ‘I used to opine by the view of the Kharijites, there was no opinion for me other than it, until I sat to Abu Saeed Al-khudry, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him. I heard him saying, ‘The people were ordered with five so they did four and neglected one’. A man said to him, ‘O Abu Saeed! What are these four which they did? ’ He said, ‘The Salat, and the Zakaat, and the Hajj, and Fasts of the month of Ramazan’. He said, ‘So what is the one which they neglected? ’ He said, ‘Wilayah of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. The man said, ‘And is it Obligatory along with these (four)? ’ Abu Saeed said, ‘Yes, by the Lord-azwj of the Kabah! ’ The man said, ‘The people have disbelieved, then’. Abu Saeed said, ‘So, what is my fault’’. [87]
(The book) ‘Al Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – ‘Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Al Nahwy, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abu Hatim, from Abu Ubeyda who said,