Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Jumhur from Hammad ibn 'Isa from 'Abd al-Mu'min from Salim who has said that he asked abu Ja'far (a.s.) about
the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High.
"We gave the Book as an inheritance to Our chosen servants, among whom some are unjust against their souls, some are moderate, and some are exceedingly virtuous by the permission of God. .
. ." (35:31) The exceedingly virtuous is the Imam (a.s.), the moderateones are those who know the Imams (a.s.) and the unjust ones are those who do not know the Imams (a.s.)."
H 563, Ch. 24, h 2
Al-Husayn has narrated from Mu'alla from al-Washsha' from 'Abd al-Karim from Sulayman who has said that he asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of the following verse of the Holy
Quran. "We gave the book as an inheritance to Our chosen servants,.. . ." (35:31)
The Imam (a.s.) asked, "What do you say about it?" I said, "We say that they are the Fatimid (descendents of Fatima, Daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.)" The Imam (a.s.) said, "It is not as
you say. No one who would point out his sword and call people into schism and misguidance comes in this (category of people exceeding in virtue)."
I then asked, "Who then are the ones doing wrong to themselves?" The Imam (a.s.) replied, "It is those who sit in their homes and do not know the rights of his Imam (a.s.). The moderate
ones are those who know the rights of their Imam and the ones exceeding in virtue are the Imams (a.s.)"
H 564, Ch. 24, h 3
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan from Ahmad ibn 'Umar who has said that he asked abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) about the meaning of the words of
Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High.
"We gave the book as an inheritance to Our chosen servants. . ." (35:31). The Imam (a.s.) said such people are the children of Fatima (a.s.), those exceeding in virtue are the Imams (a.s.),
the moderate ones are those who know the Imam (a.s.) and those who do injustice to themselves are the ones who do not know their Imam (a.s.)."
H 565, Ch. 24, h 4
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Wallad who has said that he asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most
Holy, the Most High. "The people who have received Our Book (Quran), and read it thoroughly, believe in it. Those who disbelieve the Book are certainly losers." (2:121) The Imams (a.s.) said that
such people are the Imams (a.s.)."
