Verse No. 5

“Among those who have believed, there is always one whose obedience is obligatory for them, like the obedience to Allah and the Prophet.”

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ﴾[1]

Translation:

God Almighty has said:

“O you who believed! Obey God and obey the Prophet and those in authority from among you”.

Considerations

1 . أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الشِّيرَازِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ﴾، فَقَالَ: لَا يَزَالُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَجُلٌ طَاعَتُهُ مُفْتَرَضَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ كَطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ، مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ، وَمَنْ عَصَاهُ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ، وَهُوَ مَنْ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ وَالرَّسُولُ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ وَلَّاهُ النَّاسُ بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ، قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ وَلِيَ أَمْرَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَهُوَ مِنْ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ: صَدَقُوا! قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ صَدَقُوا وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ؟! قَالَ: كُلُّ مَنْ وَلِيَ أَمْرَهُمْ دُونَ الَّذِي وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ وَالرَّسُولُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، بَلْ هُوَ مِنَ الْفَاسِقِينَ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِطَاعَةِ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِطَاعَةِ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنَ الْفَاسِقِينَ! ﴿أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًا ۚ لَا يَسْتَوُونَ﴾[2]! ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَزِيدُكَ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أُولُوا الْأَمْرِ مَالِكُوهُ، وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ وَلَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَالرَّسُولُ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ يَقُومُ بِهِ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ فَهُوَ غَاصِبُهُ، وَلَيْسَ الْغَاصِبُ مِنَ الْمَالِكِينَ، ﴿لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ﴾[3]! قُلْتُ: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا، فَقَدْ زَوَّدْتَنِي بِحِكْمَتَيْنِ بَالِغَتَيْنِ لَمْ أَسْمَعْ بِهِمَا قَطُّ أَبَدًا! قَالَ: ﴿ذَانِكَ بُرْهَانَانِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ﴾[4]! ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ شُهُورٍ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُ بِحِكْمَتَيْكَ رَجُلًا فِي إِيرَانَ، فَقَالَ: لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ! مَا أَعْلَمَهُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ! قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنِّي عِنْدَ أَهْلِ إِيرَانَ كَمَا كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ؟! خَدَعَهُمْ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ بِالْبُهْتَانِ حَتَّى لَعَنُوهُ بِغَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ نَحْوَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً!

Translation:

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Shirazi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about the words of God Almighty that says: “O you who believed! Obey God and obey the Prophet and those in authority from among you”, so he said: There is always someone among those who believed that obedience to him is obligatory for them like obedience to God and the Prophet, whoever obeys him, obeys God and the Prophet, and whoever disobeys him, disobeys God and the Prophet, and he is the one whom God and the Prophet have appointed, and not the one whom people have appointed with their passions, I said: They say that anyone from among believers who takes control of their authority is the one in authority from among them, he said: They are right! I said: How can they be right, while you said what you said?! He replied: Whoever other than the one whom God and the Prophet have appointed takes control of their authority is not from among believers, but from among sinners, and God has commanded to obey those in authority from among believers, and has not commanded to obey those in authority from among sinners! “Is the one who is a believer equal to the one who is a sinner?! They are not equal”! Then he said: Shall I increase for you? I said: Yes, he said: Those in authority are its owners, and they are the ones whom God and the Prophet have appointed, and whoever other than them takes control of it is a usurper, and the usurper is not considered from among the owners, “If only they could understand”! I said: May God reward you well; because you gave me two perfect wisdom that I had never heard before! He said: “They are two proofs from your Lord”! Then I came to him a few months later, then I said: I told your two wisdom to a man in Iran, so he said: May God curse him! How well he knows the book of God! He said: O Muhammad! Do you not know that in the opinion of people of Iran, I am like Ali ibn Abu Talib in the opinion of people of Sham?! The Umayyads deceived them with lies, to the extent that they cursed him without any guilt for nearly sixty years!

2 . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلْمَنْصُورِ: إِنَّكَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ﴾، قَالَ: أَتِمَّ الْآيَةَ! قُلْتُ: ﴿وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ﴾، قَالَ: مَنْ يُطِعْ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ الرَّسُولَ، وَمَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ، فَمَا لِهَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا؟! قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ أُولُوا الْأَمْرِ مِنَّا؟ قَالَ: رِجَالٌ وَلَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ الرَّسُولِ، يُطِيعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ! قُلْتُ: مَنْ هُمْ؟ قَالَ: لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَمَّنْ مَضَى مِنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنْ سَلُونِي عَمَّنْ بَقِيَ، فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ! قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ بَقِيَّةُ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: الْمَهْدِيُّ، فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ فَقُولُوا: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بَقِيَّةَ اللَّهِ!

Translation:

Abu Ibrahim al-Samarqandi informed us, he said: I said to Mansoor: You prohibit from Hadith, while God Almighty has said: “O you who believed! Obey God and the Prophet”, he said: Complete the verse! I said: “And those in authority from among you”, he said: Whoever obeys those in authority from among you has obeyed the Prophet, and whoever obeys the Prophet has obeyed God; so what is wrong with this nation who hardly understand a word?! I said: Who are those in authority from among us? He said: They are men whom God has entrusted the command of this nation to them after the Prophet, they obey God and the Prophet! I said: Who are they? He said: Do not ask me about those of them who passed away, but ask about the one who has remained; because the remnant of God is better for you if you are believers! I said: Who is the remnant of God? He said: Mahdi, so when you meet him, say: Peace be upon you, O remnant of God!