Chapter 9, Verse: 23 - Preferring Kufr over Faith

الْعَيَّاشِيُّ: عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا آباءَكُمْ وَ إِخْوانَكُمْ أَوْلِياءَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: الْفاسِقِينَ: «فَأَمَّا لا تَتَّخِذُوا آباءَكُمْ وَ إِخْوانَكُمْ أَوْلِياءَ إِنِ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْكُفْرَ عَلَى الْإِيمانِ فَإِنَّ الْكُفْرَ فِي الْبَاطِنِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ وَلَايَةُ الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي، وَ هُوَ كُفْرٌ. وَ قَوْلُهُ: عَلَى الْإِيمانِ فَالْإِيمَانُ وَلَايَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)

Narrated from Abu Jafar Imam Baqir (ع) said the narrator asked the Imam about the saying of Allah, 

"O you who have faith! Do not befriend your fathers and brothers if they prefer disbelief (kufr) to faith (Eman). Those of you who befriend them, it is they who are the wrongdoers." (9:23)

Imam (ع) said, "The inner (batin) meaning of Disbelief in this verse refers to the mastership of the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar) and that is disbelief (Kufr). And Faith (Eman) is the mastership (Wilayat) of Ali ibn Abi Talib (ع).

[Source: Tafsir al-Ayyashi, Vol. 2, Pg. 84]

Chapter 9, Verse: 52: When al-Qaim (as) rises

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل:" هو الذي أرسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون " (1)، فقال: والله ما نزل تأويلها بعد، ولا ينزل تأويلها حتى يخرج القائم عليه السلام فإذا خرج القائم عليه السلام لم يبق كافر بالله العظيم ولا مشرك بالامام إلا كره خروجه حتى أن لو كان كافرا أو مشركا في بطن صخرة لقالت: يا مؤمن في بطني كافر فاكسرني واقتله

Narrated that Abu Abd-Allah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام) said about the saying of Allah (عز وجل),

"He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse." (9:33)

"The interpretation of this verse has not happened and neither will it happen till the rising of the Qaim (عليه السلام). When al-Qaim (عليه السلام) rises, there will not remain any disbeliever (kafir) in Allah (العظيم) or polytheist (mushrik) in the Imam who will not hate his emergence.

And if any disbeliever or polytheist was hiding inside of a rock, the rock would say, O believer, there is an disbeliever inside me, so break me and kill him."

[Source: Kamal al-Deen, Shaikh Saduq, Ch. 58, Hadith. 16]

Chapter 9, Verse: 52 

Narrated from Abu Hamzah from Abu Jafar Imam Baqir (عليه السلام):

قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنا إِلَّا إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ قَالَ إِمَّا مَوْتٌ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ إِدْرَاكُ ظُهُورِ إِمَامٍ

I asked the Imam about the saying of Allah (عز وجل), "Do you (the opponents) expect for us (any fate) other than one of two good things.." (9:52)

Imam (عليه السلام) said, "It is death in the obedience of Allah or reaching the reappreance of the Imam (عليه السلام)."

[Source: al-Kafi, Vol. 8, Hadith. 431]

Chapter: 9, Verse: 74: The Grants of Allah & His Prophet

كنز الفوائد للكراجكي : ذكر أن أبا حنيفة أكل طعاما الامام الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام فلما رفع عليه السلام يده من أكله قال : الحمد لله رب العالمين اللهم إن هذا منك ومن رسولك فقال أبوحنيفة : يا أبا عبدالله أجعلت مع الله شريكا ؟ فقال له : ويلك إن الله تعالى يقول في كتابه : ( وما نقموا إلا أن أغناهم الله ورسوله من فضله )  ويقول في موضع آخر : ( ولو أنهم رضواما آتيهم الله ورسوله وقالوا : حسبنا الله سيؤتينا الله من فضله ورسوله ) فقال أبوحنيفة : والله لكأني ما قرأتهما قط من كتاب الله ولا سمعتهما إلا في هذا الوقت ، فقال أبوعبدالله عليه السلام : بلى قد قرأتهما وسمعتهما ، ولكن الله تعالى أنزل فيك وفي أشباهك ( أم على قلوب أقفالها ) وقال كلا بل ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون

It is written in Kanzul Fawaid by Karajaki that once Imam Sadiq Jafar bin Muhammd (عليهما السلام) was eating food with Abu Hanifa and after finisning, Imam Jafar bin Muhammad al-Sadiq (عليه السلام) said, 

"All Praise/thanks is for Allah (عز وجل) the lord of the worlds, O Allah this was a blessing from You as well as from Your Prophet." 

Upon hearing this Abu Hanifa said, "O Abu AbdAllah (عليه السلام)! Have you included someone else as Allahs partner (Shareeq)." 

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (عليه السلام) replied, "Woe to you. Indeed Allah (تعالى) says in His book, "……And they only stayed in opposition because Allah and His Messenger enriched them out of His grace….." (9:74)

And at another place Allah (تعالى) says, "If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger had gave them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is Allah! Allah and His Messenger will soon give us out of their Kindness" (9:59)

Abu Hanifa then said, "By Allah! It seems I have never read these two verses from the book of Allah or heard someone reciting these verses before today." 

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (عليه السلام) said, "No, But you have read and even heard these Verses before, However, Allah (تعالى) says for you and people like you, "..Or are there locks on the hearts?" (47:24) and Says, "Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts." (83:14)

[Source: Bihar Al Anwar Vol. 47 Pg. 240]

Another hadith on verse that came in the above hadith:

From a long narration in which Imam Ali ibn Muhammad Naqi (عليه السلام) said,

بل كيف يوصف بكنهه محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وقد قرنه الجليل باسمه، وشركه في عطائه وأوجب لمن أطاعه جزاء طاعته، إذ يقول " وما نقموا إلا أن أغناهم الله ورسوله من فضله

"Rather, how can Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله) be completely described, while Allah has linked Him with His own name and has made the Prophet a partner in His grants and has made it necessary that the one who obeys the Prophet will get the reward of obeying Him (i.e. Allah) – when He says in Quran, "And they did not resent it except that Allah and His Messenger enriched them of His grace." (9:74)

[Source: Kashf al-Gummah, Vol. 3, Pg. 179]

Chapter: 9, Verse: 103

الحسين بن محمد بن عامر بإسناده رفعه قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: من زعم أن الامام يحتاج إلى ما في أيدي الناس فهو كافر ، إنما الناس يحتاجون أن يقبل منهم الامام، قال الله عز وجل: " خذ من أموالهم صدقة تطهرهم وتزكيهم بها 

Narrated that Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام) said, 

"Whoever claims that the Imam is in need of what is in the hands of the people is a disbeliever (kafir). It is the people who are in need that the Imam accepts from them. Allah (عز وجل) says, 'Take alms out of their wealth, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby " (9:103)

[Source: al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 537]