Chapter Two: The Traditions of Inheritance

Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (AS), written by Muhammad Muhammadi Rayshahri, abridged by Mahdi Gholamali, translated by Zaid Alsalami and Safyullah Khan, edited by Hamid Reza Salarkia and published by NORPUB.

65. رسول اللّه صلى الله عليه و آله :

65. The Prophet (SA) said:

يا عَلِيُّ ،

“O Ali,

أنتَ وَصِيّي ،

you are my executor,

وخَليفَتي ،

my vicegerent,

ووَزيري ،

my agent,

ووارِثي ،

my inheritor

وأبو وُلدي ... ،

and the father of my sons....

أمرُكَ أمري ... ،

Your command is my command.....

ونَهيُك نَهيي .

and your prohibition is my prohibition.”

الأمالي للصدوق : ص 411 ح 533 .

Al-Amali, by al-Saduq, p. 411, h. 533.

66. رسول اللّه صلى الله عليه و آله :

66. The Prophet (SA) said:

القُرآنُ إمامٌ هادٍ ،

“The Qur’an is a guiding imam,

ولَهُ قائِدٌ يَهدي بِهِ

and it has a leader who guides by it,

ويَدعو إلَيهِ بِالحِكمَةِ وَالمَوعِظَةِ الحَسَنَةِ ،

and calls to it through wisdom and good admonition.

وهُوَ عَلِيُّ بنُ أبي طالِبٍ ،

That is Ali ibn Abi Talib:

وهُوَ وَلِيُّ الأَمرِ بَعدي ،

he is the holder of authority after me.

ووارِثُ عِلمي وحِكمَتي ،

He is the inheritor of my knowledge, my wisdom,

وسِرّي وعَلانِيَتي ،

my inward and outward,

وما وَرِثَهُ النَّبِيّونَ قَبلي ،

and whatever the prophets before me had inherited.

وأنَا وارِثٌ ومَوَرِّثٌ ،

I am an inheritor and the bequeather,

فَلا تُكذِبُنَّكُم أنفُسُكُم .

so never let your selves belie you.”

خصائص الأئمّة عليهم السلام : ص75 .

Khasa’is al-A’immah (AS), p. 75.

67. الإمام الباقر عليه السلام :

67. Imam al-Baqir (AS) said:

وَرِثَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام عِلمَ رَسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله ،

“Ali (AS) inherited the knowledge of the Messenger of Allah (SA),

ووَرِثَت فاطِمَةُ تَرَكَتَهُ .

whereas Fatimah inherited his bequest.”

بصائر الدرجات : ص 294 ح 6 .

Basa’ir al-Darajat, p. 294, h. 6.