Hadith 11

(The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al-Kashy – From Ja’far and Fazala, from Aban, from Al-Hassan Bin Ziyad Al Attar, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘I want to present my religion to you‑asws, and that I have been in my good deeds, from the ones who are free from this! ’
He-asws said: ‘So give it! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and I accept whatever he-saww has come with from the Presence of Allah-azwj’. He-asws said to me similar to what I said, ‘And that Ali-asws is my Imam-asws. Allah-azwj has Imposed obedience to him-asws. One who recognises it would be a Momin, and one who is ignorant of it would stray, and one who rejects upon him-asws would be a Kafir’. Then I described the Imams-asws until I ended up to him-asws. He-asws said: ‘What is that which you want? Do you want I-asws should befriend you based upon this? I-asws do befriend you based upon this! ’’[10]