شُهَدَاءُ لِلَّهِ بِتَوْحِيدِهِ وَ عَدْلِهِ وَ كَرَمِهِ وَ جُودِهِ قَاطِعُونَ لِمَعَاذِيرِ الْمُعَانِدِينَ مِنْ إِمَائِهِ وَ عَبِيدِهِ فَنِعْمَ الرَّأْيُ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ رَأَيْتُمْ وَ نِعْمَ الْحَظُّ الْجَزِيلُ اخْتَرْتُمْ وَ بِأَشْرَفِ السَّعَادَةِ سَعِدْتُمْ حِينَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ عليهم السلام قُرِنْتُمْ وَ عُدُولُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ شَاهِرِينَ بِتَوْحِيدِهِ وَ تَمْجِيدِهِ جُعِلْتُمْ وَ هَنِيئاً لَكُمْ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَسَيِّدُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُوَالِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ الْمُتَبَرِّءِينَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمَا أَفْضَلُ أُمَمِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَمَلًا إِلَّا بِهَذَا الِاعْتِقَادِ وَ لَا يَغْفِرُ لَهُ ذَنْباً وَ لَا يَقْبَلُ لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَ لَا يَرْفَعُ لَهُ دَرَجَةً إِلَّا بِهِ.

witnesses for God to His oneness and His justice and His generosity and His bounty, cutting off the excuses of the obstinate among His handmaids and His slaves. So excellent is the judgement you have formed for yourselves, and excellent is the abundant portion you have chosen, and by the noblest felicity you have been made felicitous, when you were joined to Muhammad and his pure family, peace be upon them; and you were made the just ones of God in His earth, proclaiming His oneness and His magnification. And well may it be for you! Indeed Muhammad is the master of the first and of the last; and indeed the companions of Muhammad who take as friends the friends of Muhammad and 'Ali — God's blessings be upon them both — and who dissociate from the enemies of them both, are the most excellent of the communities of the messengers. And indeed God accepts from no one any deed save by this belief, and forgives him no sin, and accepts from him no good deed, and raises for him no degree, save by it.

«69»- ختص، الإختصاص أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا بَرَأَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَرِيَّةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مِنِّي وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَلَبَةِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا.

«69»- khts, al-Ikhtisas: Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from 'Ali b. al-Husayn, from his father, from his grandfather the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, who said: By God, God has not created a creature more excellent than Muhammad and than me and the people of my house; and indeed the angels lay down their wings for the seekers of knowledge among our Shi'a.

«70»- ختص، الإختصاص قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ عليه السلام الرُّوحُ عِمَادُ الدِّينِ وَ الْعِلْمُ عِمَادُ الرُّوحِ وَ الْبَيَانُ عِمَادُ الْعِلْمِ.

«70»- khts, al-Ikhtisas: al-Baqir, peace be upon him, said: The spirit is the pillar of religion, and knowledge is the pillar of the spirit, and clear expression is the pillar of knowledge.

«71»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ نَهِيكٍ ١عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عليهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ بَيْنَ الْجُهَّالِ كَالْحَيِّ بَيْنَ الْأَمْوَاتِ.

«71»- ma, the Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: a group, from Abu al-Mufaddal, from Ja'far b. Muhammad al-'Alawi, from Ibn Nahik (1), from Ibn Abi 'Umayr, from Hamza b. Humran, from Abu 'Abd Allah, from his forefathers, peace be upon them, who said: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The seeker of knowledge among the ignorant is like the living among the dead.

«72»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ

«72»- ma, the Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: a group, from Abu al-Mufaddal, from 'Ali b. Ja'far b. Musafir al-Hudhali, from