Hadith No: 9
Al-Majlisi - Bihār al-Anwār
Volume: (65) - Page Number: (97)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
- It was narrated from Ibn Yazid, from Safwan, from Zayd al-Shihām, from Abī al-Jarūd, who said: May Allah make him deaf as He made him blind if he did not hear Abā Ja'far (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and a man saying:
"So-and-so has named us with a name." He asked, "And what is that name?" He replied, "The Refusers." Then Abā Ja'far (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) gestured with his hand to his chest and said: "I am one of the Refusers, and he is one of mine." He said it three times.
- It was narrated from Ibn Yazid, from Ibn Mahbūb, from Muhammad ibn Sulaymān, from two men, from Abī Baṣīr, who said: I said to Abā Ja'far (peace be upon him and his holy progeny): "May my life be sacrificed for you, a name by which we were named has made the rulers regard our blood, our wealth, and our punishment as lawful." He asked, "And what is that name?" I replied, "The Refusers." Abā Ja'far (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "Seventy men from the army of Pharaoh rejected Pharaoh and came to Mūsā (peace be upon him)." There was no one in the community of Mūsā who was more diligent or loved Aaron (peace be upon him) more than them,
"So the people of Mūsā named them the Refusers, and Allah revealed to Mūsā to keep this name for them in the Torah, for I have bestowed it upon them. That is a name Allah has bestowed upon you."- Furr from Muhammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ubayd, from al-Hasan ibn Ja'far, from al-Husayn, from Muhammad, meaning ibn Abd Allah al-Hanẓalī, from Wakī' ibn al-Sulaymān al-A'mash, who said: I entered upon Abī Abd Allah, Ja'far ibn Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), and said:
"May my life be sacrificed for you! People call us Rejectors, and what are the Rejectors?" He replied: "By Allah, they did not name you that, but Allah named you that in the Torah and the Gospel, on the tongues of Mūsā and 'Īsa (peace be upon them). This is because seventy men from the people of Pharaoh rejected Pharaoh and entered the religion of Mūsā. Allah, the Exalted, named them the Refusers," and revealed to Mūsā to affirm this in the Torah until it is established on the tongues of your Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). So Allah differentiated them into many groups and branches, and they rejected good, as you rejected evil, and you remained steadfast with the People of the House of your Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). You went where your Prophet went and chose what Allah and His Messenger chose. So rejoice, then rejoice, for you are the ones who are blessed, whose good deeds are accepted, and whose misdeeds are overlooked. Whoever does not meet Allah with what you have met Him with, their good deeds will not be accepted, and their misdeeds will not be overlooked." O Sulaymān, did this please you? He said: "Add to it, may my life be sacrificed for you." He replied: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has angels of good deeds who seek forgiveness for you until your sins fall away like leaves from trees on a windy day." And this is the saying of Allah, the Exalted: {Those who bear the Throne and those around it glorify [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and seek forgiveness for those who believe} (Ghafir 40:7).
They are our Shia, and it is, by Allah, for them." O Sulaymān, did this please you? He said: "May my life be sacrificed for you, add to it." He replied: "There is no one on the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) except us and our Shia, and the rest of the people are innocent of it."