113 - الأئِمَّةُ الإثنا عَشَرَ

113. The Twelve Imams

344.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا يَزالُ أمرُ النّاسِ ماضياً ما وَلِيَهُم اثنا عَشرَ رجُلاً ... كلّهُم مِن قريشٍ ¹ . ²

344.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The affairs of the people will continue to progress as long as the twelve men govern them ... all of them will be from [the tribe of] Quraysh.' ³

345.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ عِدّةَ الخُلَفاءِ بَعدي عِدَّةُ نُقَباءِ موسى‏ .⁴

345.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the number of successors after me is as the number of chiefs of Moses.' ⁵

112 - لَولا مَخافَةُ الفُرقَةِ

112. Were It Not For Fear of Dissention

343.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وايمُ اللَّهِ، لولا مَخافةُ الفُرقَةِ بَيْنَ المسلمينَ ، وأن يَعودوا إلَى الكفرِ ويَعْوَرَّ الدِّينُ، لَكُنّا قد غَيّرْنا ذلكَ ما استَطَعْنا .¹

343.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'By Allah, were it not for fear of dissention among the Muslims, that they would return to disbelief and that the religion would be damaged, we would indeed have changed the situation [of leadership] as much as possible.' ²