Hadith 22

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – Abu Nasr Ahmad Bin Al Husayn, from Abu Al Qasim Muhammad Bin Ubeydullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Bin Hashim, ‘From Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Ali son of Musa Bin Ja’far-asws, from his father-asws Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Naqi-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen-asws, from the Prophet-saww, from Jibraeel-as, chief of the Angels who said, ‘So Said, the Chief of all chiefs, the Mighty and Majestic: “Me-azwj, I-azwj am Allah-azwj! There is no god except I-azwj. One who acknowledges to me with the Tawheed would enter My-azwj Fortress, and one who enters My-azwj Fortress is safe from My-azwj Punishment”’. [22]
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – In (the book) Illal Al Fazl –
‘From Al-Reza-asws: ‘If a speaker were to say, ‘Why did Allah-azwj Command the creatures with the acknowledgement with Allah-azwj, and with His-azwj Rasool-saww, and His-azwj Divine Authorities (Infallible Imams-asws), and with whatever came from the Presence of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic? ’ It would be said, ‘For many reasons: –
From these is that one who does not acknowledge with Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic would not be shunning His-azwj disobedience, and would not be finished from indulging in the major sins, and would not be observing anyone in what he desires and derives pleasure from the corruption and the injustice. When the people do these things, and every person indulges in whatever he desires and his whims, from without observing anyone, in that would be corruption of the entirety of the people, and their leaping upon each other. They would usurp the marriages and the wealth, and legalise the blood and the women, and they would kill each other without a right or a crime. Thus, there would happen to be the ruination of the world and the destruction of the people, and the spoiling of the farms and the lineages. And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Wise, and he cannot happen to be the wise nor can he be described to be with the wisdom, except the one who warns of the corruption and enjoins with the correction, and rebukes from the injustice, and forbids from the immoralities. And there can neither happen to be a caution of the corruption, and enjoining with the correction, and the forbiddance from the immoralities, except after the acknowledgement with Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the recognition of the enjoinment and the forbiddances. If t