بسم الله الواحد القهار
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۙ أُولَٰئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا النَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
[Qur'an: 2:174]
"Surely those who conceal any part of the Book that Allah has revealed and take for it a small price, they eat nothing but fire into their bellies, and Allah will not speak to them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement."
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُولَٰئِكَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
[Qur'an: 3:77]
"Those who take a small price for the covenant of Allah and their own oaths-- surely they shall have no portion in the hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them, nor will He look upon them on the day of resurrection nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement."
The verse mentions "the covenant of Allah" which is the Divine Authority of Imamate, as Allah mentions in Qur'an:
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ
"And when his Lord tried Ibraheem with certain words, he fulfilled them. He said: Surely I will make you an Imam of men. Ibraheem said: And of my offspring? My covenant does not include the unjust, said He."
More details in our narrations:
Sheikh Al-Halabi:
Sheikh Al-Halabi:
[The
rejection of (Abu Bakr and Umar) by Ahlulbayt(عليهم السلام)]
And the
narrations are plenty through Ali Ibn Al-Husain and Mohammad Ibn Ali and Ja’far
Ibn Mohammad(عليهم السلام) through different
chains that every one of them said:
“There are
three kinds of people at whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not look and
He will not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering: They are
those who claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, he is not an
Imam, those who reject the Divine Authority of an Imam from Allah and those who
think that the ‘two’ (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a share in Islam.’”
And through
other chains: “the two first ones.”
And in
other chains: “that the two Arabs had a share in Islam.”
Source:
Taqreeb Al-Ma’aarif, Pg. 248
Sheikh
As-Saduq:
Narrated to me Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan from
Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan As-Saffaar from Abbaad Ibn Sulayman from Mohammad Ibn
Sulayman Ad-Daylami from Is’haq Ibn Ammar As-Sairfi who asked Imam Musa Al-Kadhim
(عليه السلام), he said: “I said: May I be sacrificed for you, please tell me about those two persons(i.e.
Abu Bakr and Umar). I have heard a lot of traditions about them from your
father.” Imam (عليه السلام) replied, “O Is’haq! The first one is like the calf and second like
Samiri.” I said: “please tell me more about them two, may I be sacrificed for
you”. Imam said, “I swear by Allah! Those two made people Jews, Christians and
Magoosi, May Allah not forgive them.”
I said: “please tell me more about them two,
may I be sacrificed for you.”
Imam continued, “There are three kinds of
people at whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not look and He will not purify
them and for them there will be painful suffering.”
I asked: “May I be sacrificed for you, who are
they?” Imam said: “A man who claims to be an Imam and, in fact, it is not from
Allah, and the other one is someone who taunts an Imam appointed by Allah.
Third is the person who thinks that the two(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had any
share in Islam.”
I said said, “May I be sacrificed for you, please tell me more
about them two.”
Imam (عليه السلام) replied, “There is no difference, O Aba Is’haq, if I delete a
verse of the Book of Allah or if I deny the Prophet-hood of Mohammad or if I
claim that there is no lord in the heavens or if I proceed ahead of Ali Ibne
Abi Talib (عليه السلام).”
I said, “May I be sacrificed for you, please tell me more.”
Imam (عليه السلام)
said, “O Is’haq! There is a valley in Hell called Saqar. It hasn’t taken a
breath since the time Allah created it. If
Allah had permitted it to take in the breath equal to the tip of a needle, it would have sucked all the
people of earth with it and burnt them to ashes. The people of Hell seek refuge
from its extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement, which Allah has prepared for those who deserve it.
There is a mountain inside it. All the residents of this mountain seek refuge
from the extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement of it, which Allah has
prepared for them. Surely there is a ravine in this mountain. All
the residents of this mountain seek refuge from the extreme heat, stink, filth and
chastisement of this, which Allah has prepared for its residents. There is a well in that ravine and
all the residents of this ravine seek refuge from the extreme heat, stink,
filth and chastisement of this well, which is prepared by Allah for its residents. There is a serpent in that well.
The residents of this well seek refuge from the filth, stink and poison of this
serpent, which is made for its residents by Allah. There are seven boxes inside this serpent, out of which
five are concerned with past Ummahs and two are related to this Ummah.” I
asked, “May I be sacrificed for you, who are those five among the past and two
in the present?” Imam (عليه السلام) replied, “As far as the past five are concerned, they are Qabeel;
for he murdered his brother Habeel, Nimrod for he fought with Ibrahim (عليه السلام) regarding the Lord and said that he gives life and death, Pharaoh;
for he said that he was the supreme lord to his subjects, Yahuda; for he made people
Jew and Paul, who made people Christians and from this Ummah are the two Arabs
(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar).”
Footnote: (Sheikh Al-Mawahzi): Bihaar
Al-Anwaar: 30/407, Al-Khisal: 398.
And its chain is like Hasan(Good), it is rather
Hasan(Good), its narrators are trustworthy and significant scholars and
narrators, except for Abbaad Ibn Sulayman, but the great scholars like
Al-Saffaar, Sa’d Al-Qummi, Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain, Ahmad Ibn Mohammad have
narrated from him, and also Mohammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Yahya has narrated from him
in Nawaadir Al-Hikma and the scholars of Qom have not excluded him of its (trustworthy)narrators.
And Mohammad Ibn Sulayman Ad-Daylami,
Al-Najashi has mentioned him and has said: “he is very weak and he cannot be
taken as basis for anything.” I say: “Indeed As-Saduq has taken him as proof in
Al-Faqih and the great and significant scholars have narrated from him, like
Mohammad Ibn Isa Al-Ash’ari and Ibraheem Ibn Hashim and Mohammad Ibn Khalid
Al-Barqi and Ali Ibn Al-Hakam and Al-Yaqtini and Mohammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Yahya
and Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Isa Al-Ash’ari and others. And in the narration of Ibn
Abis Suhbaan from him it becomes evident that he had a high position and
significance among scholars and his narrations in reliable books are too many
and the source of critics is clear and that is the accusation of Ghuluw, which
is rather a sign of his high status.”
Source: Iqaab Al-A’maal, Pg. 39-41
Sheikh
Al-Kulayni:
A number of
our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammad from al-Washsha’ from Dawood
al-Hammar from Ibn Abi Ya‘fur who has said the following:
“I heard
abu ‘Abd Allah, عليه السلام, say, ‘There are three
kinds of people to whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not speak. He will
not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering. They are those who
claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, are not so, those who
reject the Imam who possesses Divine Authority and those who think that the
‘two’(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a share in Islam.’”
Source:
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1 Pg. 232
Sheikh
Al-Khaajuhi:
And
likewise the Sahih(authentic) narration of Abdullah Ibn Abi Ya’fur from
Al-Sadiq(عليه السلام), he said: “I heard him say, ‘There are three
kinds of people to whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not speak. He will
not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering. They are those who
claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, are not so, those who
reject the Imam who possesses Divine Authority and those who think that the
‘two’(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a share in Islam.’”
Source:
Ar-Rasahil Al-Fiqhiyyah, Vol. 2 Pg. 98
Sheikh
Al-Kulayni:
Al-Husain
ibn Mohammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Mohammad from abu Dawood
al-Mustariqq from Ali ibn Maymoon from Ibn Abi Ya‘fur who has said the
following:
“Once I
heard abu ‘Abd Allah, عليه السلام, say, ‘There will be
three kinds of people to whom Allah will not look on the Day of Judgment. He
will not purify them and they will suffer painful punishments. They are those who
claim to be the Imam but without authority from Allah, those who reject the
Imam (Leader with Divine Authority), and those who think that for the ‘two’(i.e.
Abu Bakr and Umar) there is a share in
Islam.’”
Source:
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1 Pg. 233
Sheikh An-Nu’mani:
And
narrated to us Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Sa’eed Ibn Abdur-Rahman from Mohammad Ibn
Al-Mufaddal Ibn Ibraheem Al-Ash’ari from Mohammad Ibn Abdullah Ibn Zurara from
Marzbaan Al-Qummi from Imraan Al-Ash’ari from Ja’far Ibn Mohammad(عليه السلام) who said:
“There are
three kinds of people at whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not look and
He will not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering. They are
those who claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, he is not an
Imam, those who reject a rightful Imam and say that he is not an Imam and, in
fact, he is an Imam, and those who think that the ‘two’ (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar)
had a share in Islam.’”
And
narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Yaqoub from Al-Husain ibn Mohammad has narrated
from Mu‘alla ibn Mohammad from abu Dawood al-Mustariqq from Ali ibn Maymoon
from Ibn Abi Ya‘fur who has said the following:
“Once I
heard abu ‘Abd Allah, عليه السلام, say, ‘There will be
three kinds of people to whom Allah will not look on the Day of Judgment. He
will not purify them and they will suffer painful punishments. They are those who
claim to be the Imam but without authority from Allah, those who reject the
Imam (Leader with Divine Authority), and those who think that for the ‘two’(i.e.
Abu Bakr and Umar) there is a share in
Islam.’”
Source:
Al-Ghaybah, Pg. 75
Sheikh
Yusuf Al-Bahrani:
And it is
obvious is in the narration that he(i.e. Sheikh As-Saduq) has narrated in
Al-Khisal through his chain from Abi Malik Al-Juhani who said: “Once I heard abu ‘Abd Allah, عليه السلام, say, “There are three
kinds of people to whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not speak. He will
not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering. They are those who
claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, his authority is not from
Allah Almighty, those who reject the Imam who possesses Divine Authority from Allah
Almighty and those who think that the ‘two’(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a share
in Islam.’”
And An-Nu’mani
has narrated in his book Al-Ghaybah through a Sahih(authentic) chain from
Imraan Al-Ash’ari from Ja’far Ibn Mohammad like this narration. We seek refuge
to Allah from weakness of understanding and evil desires and ask Him, the
Sublime, to take it easy upon us and them(i.e. the scholars) in matters like
this.
Source:
Al-Hadahiq Al-Nadhira, Vol. 18 Pg. 150
Sheikh
As-Saduq:
Narrated to
us my father, may Allah be pleased with him, from Sa’d Ibn Abdullah from Ali
Ibn Isma’eel Al-Ash’ari from Mohammad Ibn Sinan from Abi Malik Al-Juhani who
said: I heard Aba Abdullah(عليه السلام) saying:
“There are
three kinds of people to whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not speak. He
will not look at them and will not purify them and for them there will be
painful suffering. They are those who claim to be the Imam with Divine
Authority and, in fact, his authority is not from Allah, those who reject the
Imam who possesses Divine Authority from Allah Almighty and those who think
that the ‘two’(i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a share in Islam.’”
Source:
Al-Khisal, Pg. 106
Al-Ayyashi:
Narrated
Ali Ibn Maymoon Al-Sahigh Abil Akraad from Abdullah Ibn Abi Ya’fur who said: I
heard Aba Abdullah(عليه السلام) saying:
“There are
three kinds of people at whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not look and
He will not purify them and for them there will be painful suffering. They are
those who claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in fact, it does not
belong to him, those who reject the Imam who possesses Divine Authority from Allah
and those who think that so-and-so and so-and-so (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) had a
share in Islam.’”
Narrated Abi Hamzah Al-Thumali from Ali Ibn Al-Husain(عليه السلام) who said:
“There are
three kinds of people to whom, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not speak and
He will look at them and will not purify them and for them there will be
painful suffering. They are those who reject the Imam who possesses Divine Authority
from Allah and those who claim to be the Imam with Divine Authority and, in
fact, it is not so, and those who think that so-and-so and so-and-so (i.e. Abu
Bakr and Umar) had a share in Islam.’”
Source:
Tafsir Al-Ayyashi, Vol. 1 Pg. 201-202
Some might interpret "the two" at the end of some of the above narrations, as the two groups of people that have been mentioned at the beginning of those narrations. The reply to those people is that there is no room for such an interpretation after we have presented different wordings of the narrations that point out that "the two" are none other than Abu Bakr and Umar.
