Imam Muhammad Baqir (A) said: O Jabir, the nearness of Allah is not achieved without His obedience. When our Shias do not have obedience and action (to their credit) we have no authority to free them from Hell. Merely a verbal claim, “I am a Shia” is not sufficient argument for Allah. (If Allah wills…
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After describing the qualities of the Shias…
After describing the qualities of the Shias, Imam Muhammad Baqir (A) observed; ‘O Jabir, is it enough for one to say that ‘I love ‘Ali (A) and I have achieved his Wilāyat,’ whereas he does not act upon it?’ ‘If someone says, ‘Surely, I love the Holy Prophet (S) because he was superior to ‘Ali…
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