Submission to the Imams (as)

Hadith 1:

علي بن محمد، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن الخشاب، عن العباس بن عامر، عن ربيع المسلي، عن يحيى بن زكريا الأنصاري، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: من سره أن يستكمل الايمان كله فليقل: القول مني في جميع الأشياء قول آل محمد، فيما أسروا وما أعلنوا وفيما بلغني عنهم وفيما لم يبلغني

Narrated that Abu Abdillah Imam Sadiq (ع) said,

"Whoever desires that his faith (belief) is perfected & completed then he should say, 

"Everything that I say in all matters is the saying of Aal-e-Muhammad (ع), in what they kept secret & what they made public, and in that which reached me from them and that which has not reached me."

الْقَوْلُ مِنِّي فِي جَمِيعِ الْأَشْيَاءِ قَوْلُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِيمَا أَسَرُّوا ومَا أَعْلَنُوا ، وفِيمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْهُمْ وفِيمَا لَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي

[Source: al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 391]


Hadith 2:

وبهذا الاسناد قال، قال علي بن الحسين عليهما السلام : إن دين الله عز وجل لا يصاب بالعقول الناقصة والآراء الباطلة والمقائيس الفاسدة، ولا يصاب إلا بالتسليم، فمن سلم لنا سلم، ومن اقتدى بنا هدى، ومن كان يعمل بالقياس والرأي هلك، ومن وجد في نفسه شيئا مما نقوله أو نقضي به حرجا كفر بالذي أنزل السبع المثاني والقرآن العظيم وهو لا يعلم

Narrated that Ali ibn al-Husain (عليهما السلام) said,

"The religion of Allah (عز و جل) is not achieved through incomplete minds, and false opinions and corrupt standards/criteria’s.

It is not achieved except through submission, so whoever submits to Us is safe, and whoever follows is guided, and whoever acts upon analogy and opinions has perished.

And whoever finds narrowness inside himself regarding something that We say or decide, has disbelieved in the one who has revealed the seven often-repeated [i.e. Surah Hamd] and the great Qur'an while he is ignorant of it."

[Source: Kamal al-Deen,Shaikh Sadooq, Pg. 324]


Hadith 3:

قال علي بن أبي طالب أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): إذا سمعتم من حديثنا ما لا تعرفون فردوه إلينا وقفوا عنده وسلموا حتى يتبين لكم الحق ولا تكونوا مذاييع عجلى، إلينا يرجع الغالي، وبنا يلحق المقصر الذي يقصر بحقنا، من تمسك بنا لحق، ومن سلك غير طريقتنا غرق.

Imam Ali (as) said,

"If you hear any of our Hadith which you don't understand then return it to Us, and stop at it (don't make conclusions), and surrender/submit, until it's made clear to you, and don't be hasty spreaders (of secrets?). To Us returns the Ghaali (exaggerators) and the Muqassir who reduce/lessen our rights catchup with Us. Those who hold onto Us will reach, while those who follow other than Our path are drowned."

[Source: al-Khisaal, Shaikh Sadooq, Pg 627]


Hadith 4:

From a dua to be recited during the period of Ghaybah as taught by Imam Mahdi (ع), recorded by Shaikh Sadooq in his book Kamal al-Deen: 

واجعلنا يا ربِّ من أعوانه ومقوِّي سلطانه والمؤتمرين لأمره ، والرَّاضين بفعله ، والمسلّمين لأحكامه

"And make us, O my Lord, of his supporters, of the strengtheners of his authority, of those carrying out his orders, of those satisfied with his actions, of those submissive to his judgments"

[Source: Kamal al-Deen, Shaikh Sadooq, Vol. 1, Pg. 515]

Read the complete dua at the below link:

http://duas.org/pdfs/Allahummaarrifni.pdf


Hadith 5:

Imam Baqir (as) said,

الإمام الباقر عليه السلام : لا يُحِبُّنا عَبدٌ ويَتَوَلّانا حَتّى يُطَهِّرَ اللّهُ قَلبَهُ ، ولا يُطَهِّرُ اللّهُ قَلبَ عَبدٍ حَتّى يُسَلِّمَ لَنا ويَكونَ سِلما لَنا ، فَإِذا كانَ سِلما لَنا سَلَّمَهُ اللّهُ مِن شَديدِ الحِسابِ ، وآمَنَهُ مِن فَزَعِ يَومِ القِيامَةِ الأَكبَرِ

"No slave of Allah would love us and believe in our Divine authority (Wilayah) except that Allah will cleanse his heart. And Allah will not cleanse the heart of a person until he submits to Us and is at peace with Us. When one is at peace with us, Allah will safeguard him against the severity of the Day of reckoning and grant him security against the great terror on the Day of Judgment"

(part of a lengthy hadith)

[Source: Al-Kaafi Vol.1 Pg.194]


Hadith 6:

حمدويه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين، عن الحكم بن مسكين الثقفي، قال: حدثني أبو حمزة معقل العجلي، عن عبد اللّه بن أبي يعفور، قال

قلت لأبي عبد اللّه (عليه السلام): و اللّه لو فلقت رمانة بنصفين، فقلت هذا حرام و هذا حلال، لشهدت أن الذي قلت حلال حلال، و ان الذي قلت حرام حرام، فقال: رحمك اللّه

Narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Yafur:

“I said to Abu Abdillah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام): "By Allah if you split a pomegranate into two halfs, and then you said that the first half is forbidden (haram) and the second half is permissible (halal), then I would testify that what you said is permissible is permissible, and what you said is forbidden is forbidden."

So the Imam said: "May Allah have mercy upon you."

[Source: Rijal al-Kishshi, Vol.2 , Pg. 518, Hadith. 462]


Hadith 7:

Narrated as part of a long narration from Abu Abd-Allah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام):

عليكم بالتسليم والرد إلينا وانتظار أمرنا وأمركم وفرجنا وفرجكم

"Obligatory upon is submission and referring/returning to Us, and awaiting Our command and your command, and awaiting Our Relief and your relief."

[Source: Rijal al-Kishshi, Pg. 350]


Hadith 8:

وَ عَنْهُ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجَارُودِ، عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَا وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ‌ فَقُلْنَا: مَا لَنَا وَ لِلنَّاسِ، بِكُمْ وَ اللَّهِ نَأْتَمُّ، وَ عَنْكُمْ نَأْخُذُ، وَ لَكُمْ وَ اللَّهِ‌ نُسَلِّمُ، وَ مَنْ وَلَّيْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ تَوَلَّيْنَا، وَ مَنْ بَرِئْتُمْ مِنْهُ بَرِئْنَا مِنْهُ، وَ مَنْ كَفَفْتُمْ عَنْهُ كَفَفْنَا عَنْهُ. فَرَفَعَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَدَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ: «وَ اللَّهِ هَذَا هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ»

Narrated from al-Fudayl ibn Yasar that he said: I and Muhammad ibn Muslim came to Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام) and we said,

“What do we have to do with other people?

By Allah, we follow You,

And we take (religion) from You,

And by Allah, we submit (Tasleem) to You,

And by Allah, whoever You entrust, we accept,

And whoever You disapprove (Bara’at), we also disapprove him,

And whoever You refrain from, we also refrain from him.

So Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام) raised his hand to the sky and said, "By Allah, this is the clear truth."

[Source: Mukhtasar al-Basair, Pg. 232]


Hadith 9:

Narrated that Imam Ali ibn Husayn (عليه السلام) said while talking about the Ghaybah of Imam Mahdi (عليه السلام):

وأما الأخرى فيطول أمدها حتى يرجع عن هذا الامر أكثر من يقول به فلا يثبت عليه إلا من قوى يقينه وصحت معرفته ولم يجد في نفسه حرجا مما قضينا، وسلم لنا أهل البيت

"As for the second period of Ghaybah (occultation), its duration will be so long such that most of those who accept this matter (i.e. Wilayah) will turn away from it. So none will remain firm upon this matter (Wilayah) except him whose certainty (yaqeen) is strong and whose recognition (Marefat) is correct and does not find withing himself any narrowness (i.e. finding it difficult to accept) in anything that We have decided and submits to Us the AhlulBayt (عليهم السلام)"

[Source: Kamal al-Deen, Shaikh Sadooq, Pg. 323-324]