Hadith No: 2
Al-Hakam al-Hasakani - Shawahid al-Tanzil li-Qawa'id al-Tafdeel
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (169)
178 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Sufi narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Abdul Aziz ibn Yahya ibn Ahmad al-Juludi narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn Sahil narrated to us, saying: Abdul Aziz ibn Amr narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Ali al-Rubai narrated to us from Uban ibn Taghlib
from Jaafar ibn Muhammad, who said: "We are the Rope of Allah that Allah said:: {And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (Aal Imran 3:103)}
So, whoever clings to the wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib is clinging to the truth. Thus, whoever holds on to it will be a believer, and whoever neglects it will be outside of belief."179 - And he narrated to us from Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Salih al-Sabai in his Tafsir, who said: Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Maqanai narrated to us, saying: Jaafar ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn narrated to us, saying: Hasan ibn Husayn narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Ali narrated to us similarly
to the statement: {and do not be divided (Aal Imran 3:103)}
and his statement: "The wilayah of Ali, whoever holds onto it will be a believer, and whoever leaves it will fall out of faith."180 - And with this, Hasan ibn Husayn narrated to us, saying: Abu Hafs al-Saiq narrated to us
from Jaafar ibn Muhammad regarding the verse: {And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (Aal Imran 3:103)}
who said: "We are the Rope of Allah."