The narrations of Imams and the dignitaries of Islam

We have narrations from Imam Sadegh (peace be upon him) when he got angry from the persons that were against him, he said to Ebn Abi Mahmud
يا إبن أبي محمود! إن مخالفينا وضعوا أخبارا في فضائلنا و جعلوها على ثلاثة أقسام: أحدها الغلو و ثانيها التقصير في أمرنا و ثالثها التصريح بمثالب أعدائنا؛ فإذا سمع الناس الغلو فينا، كفروا شيعتنا و نسبوهم إلى القول بربوبيتنا و إذا سمعوا التقصير، إعتقدوه فينا و إذا سمعوا مثالب أعداءنا بأسمائهم، ثلبونا بأسماءنا و قد قال الله عز وجل: «و لا تسبوا الذين يدعون من دون الله فيسبوا الله عدوا بغير علم (1)
‘’ O’ Ebn Abi Mahmud! Our opponents and enemies have distorted some Hadiths about our virtues. Those Hadiths include three types 1) Hadiths are exaggerated 2) Hadiths that have degraded us as common people. 3) Hadiths that have slandered the rank of our enemies…when our enemies hear Hadiths from us which have slandered the rank of our enemies, they will slander us…’’
When they narrate a Shiite narration for a Sunni person which Imam Reza (peace be upon him) has abused Abu Bakr , Osman, Omar, and Ayeshe, he will abuse us. Hence, some narrations are narrated which abuse and insult the holy things of the Sunnite and Imam Reza (peace be upon him) bade ‘’ these Hadiths have been made by the enemies and the opponents the so that they provoke the society against us and they abuse us’’. When he distributes such blue tooth which the Shiites believe that the Sunni people are unbeliever and impure, they will provoke the Sunni people against the Shiites. They will consider the Shiites impure and unbeliever. Consequently, it will contribute to killing each other, struggle and explosion.
The third answer:
The Sunni scientists have said that it has been said in a Shiite book
إرتد الناس بعد رسول الله إلا أربعة.
We have said over and over again that there are such narrations in the book ‘’ Rejal Keshi’’ and other books, but their document is not valid’’. Our master, Excellency Hazrat Ayatollah al-Ozma Sobhani has answered them completely.
In addition, if we consider them as norms, you have mentioned worse than these. Ayeshe says
لما قبض رسول الله (صلي الله عليه و سلم) إرتدت العرب قاطبة و اشرأبت النفاق (2)
‘’ when the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) passed away, all of the Arabic people became renegade and discord was made among the companions’’.
Mr. Shokani narrates this narration in ‘’ Nil al-Avtar ‘’ (volume 1/page 366) and he says that it is valid. (3)
Excellency Mr. Mezi, Zehbi, Ebn Hajar narrate a narration from Omarv Ben Sabet
لما مات النبي (صلي الله عليه و سلم) كفر الناس إلا خمسة (4)
‘’ when the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) passed away, all of people became unbeliever except five persons’’.
If you say that these narrations are weak, we will say that our narrations are weak.
If you see a large pin in eyes of others, look at your eyes that there are wood chips in them.
The fourth answer:
You object that it has been said in the book ‘’Kafi’’ that the companions became renegade after the prophet (the peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and it has been said in Sahih Bokhari in this way. What are your reasons for the Hoz narrations and the companions that have become renegade? Sahl Ben Sad Sahih Bokhari narrates in Sahih Bokhari that the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) bade
ليرد علي اقوام أعرفهم و يعرفوني، ثم يحال بيني و بينهم.
‘’ some of the companions came to me in doomsday which I knew them and they knew me as well. Then, there will be distance between them and me’’.
I will say
‘’O’ God! These are my companions’’.
He will be addressed
لا تدري ما بدلوا بعدك! فأقول سحقا سحقا لمن بدل بعدي (5)
‘’you do not know that they changed everything after you. I will say ‘’the fire of the hell is for the persons that changed after me’’.
It is narrated from Abu Harire which the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) bade
يرد على يوم القيامة رهط من أصحابي، فيجلون (يحلؤون و يمنعون) عن الحوض، فأقول: يا رب! أصحابي؟ فيقول: إنك لا علم لك بما أحدثوا بعدك، إنهم إرتدوا على أدبارهم القهقري (6)
‘’ some of the companions want to come beside the pool, but they will be prohibited from sitting beside the pool in the doomsday. I will say ‘’O’ God! My companions? It will be said ‘’ you do not know what innovations they did after you. They became renegade and they came back to the ignorance time’’.
It is narrated from Abu Harire in another narration which the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) bade
بينا أنا قائم فإذا زمرة حتى إذا عرفتهم خرج رجل من بيني و بينهم، فقال: هلم، فقلت: أين؟ قال: إلى النار و الله! قلت: و ما شأنهم ؟قال: إنهم إرتدوا بعدك على أدبارهم القهقري، ثم إذا زمرة حتى إذا عرفتهم خرج رجل من بيني و بينهم، فقال: هلم، قلت: أين؟ قال: إلى النار و الله! قلت: ما شأنهم؟ قال: إنهم إرتدوا بعدك على أدبارهم القهقري، فلا أراه يخلص منهم إلا مثل همل النعم (7)
‘’ some of the companions want to come beside the pool, but they will be prohibited from sitting beside the pool in the doomsday and they will be led to the other side. I will say ‘’ where are you taking them?’’ they will say ‘’ swear God! We are taking them to the hell’’. I will say ‘’ what is their sin?’’ they will say ‘’ they became renegade and they came back to the ignorance time’’. Some of other companions want to come beside the pool, but they will be prohibited from sitting beside the pool in the doomsday and they will be taken to the hell…Some of the companions will get rid of the hell among all of the companions’’.
What are these? Don’t they have these worth reading? Don’t your scientists read these narrations for you? What are their answers for these narrations? They should express ideas about these narrations.
When I was in the theological school of Birjand, I said there ‘’ whatever professors can come and have friendly talk with us and we are ready to let the Sunni scientists express their remarks in this channel for one or two hours in each week. They can express the interpretation of the Sunnite in the universal channel ‘’ guardianship’’.
We have controversy and friendly talk with Vahabi scientists and they usually recoiled.
I declare again that we are ready to have controversy and friendly talk with whatever the experts of the channel ‘’ Nur’’. We are ready to have controversy and friendly talk and the channel ‘’Samen’’ declared formally declared that if the Sunni scientists refuse to come over to the universal channel ‘’ guardianship’’, we are ready to hold this controversy in the channel ‘’Samen’’. However, we respect the Sunni scientists and we are ready to let them express their remarks and matters for fifteen or thirty minutes in some nights. When we find their remarks against the culture of the Shiite, we will answer them and if we do not find them against the culture of the prophet’s family and the Shiite, we will not have any objection, therefore, we invite them to come and express their ideas so that the Sunni people can hear their remarks from the mouth of their scientists and dignitaries.
The Sunni scientists should explain us in relation to the Hoz Hadith, when the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants)
فلا أراه يخلص منهم إلا مثل همل النعم.
‘’ some of the companions will get rid of the hell’’.
What was his meaning? Compare the mentioned narration with the following narration
لما مات النبي (صلي الله عليه و سلم) كفر الناس إلا خمسة.
Or compare to the narrations that you read from the book ‘’Kafi’’ and we suppose that they are valid (although its document may have been distorted). When you answer our questions from the narrations of Sahih Bokhari and Sahih Mosalam , we answer your questions from the book ‘’ Kafi’’.
Before I answer the telephone calls, I should say that before we had started the program, one of our dears called from Iran Shar of Sistan Va Balujestan and said
‘’ we got together with one of our friends when we were discussing, he said
‘’ none of our books have said that the leader of the faithful (peace upon him) believed that he was right and Abu Bake or Omar was false’’.
I referred to the Hadith 3030 in a hurry way which was about the martyr of Hazrat Fateme Zahra (peace unto her). When the Hadith is looked for in this case, the Hadiths 4240 and 4241 will be referred in Sahih Bokhari (volume 5/page 82). These Hadiths narrated that when the leader of the faithful (peace be upon him) ordered that , after he did not swear allegiance with Abu Bakr for six months, Abu Bakr came over to his in order to talk together.
و لكنك إستبددت علينا بالأمر.
‘’ you tyrannized me in relation to the caliphate ’’.
This narration has been narrated in Sahih Mosalam (volume 5/page 154/Hadith 4471).
It is interesting to know that the narration 4241has been said in Sahih Bokhari
و لا يأتنا أحد معك، كراهية لمحضر عمر.

‘’ if you want to come over to our house to talk together, come lone because Imam Ali hates to sit and talk to Omar’’.
It has been said in the book ‘’al-Emame and al-Siyase’’ (volume one/page nineteen) (researched by Zini)
فوالله! يا معشر المهاجرين! لنحن أحق الناس به، لأنا أهل البيت و نحن أحق بهذا الأمر منكم
‘’ swear God! O’ migrants that have gone toward Abu Bakr! Caliphate is our right not common people sine we are the family of the prophet…’’.
It has been said on page 18 (al-Emame and al-Siyase book) that when the leader of the faithful (peace upon him) was asked to swear allegiance with Abu Bakr, he bade
أنا أحق بهذا الأمر منكم، لا أبايعكم و أنتم أولى بالبيعة لي.
‘’ I am more deserved to be a caliph than you and I do not want to swear allegiance with you, but you should do’’.
There are a lot of narrations like the mentioned ones which the leader of the faithful (peace upon him) believed that he was right and others were false.

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1 -Ayun Akhbar al-Reza ( peace be upon him) Lelsheikh al-Sadugh ( volume 2/page 272)-Bahar al-Anvar Lelalame al-Majlesi ( volume 26/page 239)-Beshare al-Mostafa Lemohamad Ben Ali al-Tabari ( page 340) 2 - AL-Bedaye va al-Nahaye Laben Kasir (volume 6/page 336)-Tarikh Medine Dameshgh Laben Asaker ( volume 30/page 314)-al-Nahaye Fi Gharib al-Hadith Laben Alasir ( volume 4/page 79)-Lesan al-Arab Laben Manzur ( volume 1/page 681) 3 -al-Tabaghat al-Kobra Lemohamad Ben Sad ( volume 2/page 191)-Sonan al-Nesai ( volume 6/page 6)-al-Mostadrek Ala al-Sahihin Lelhakem al-Neishaburi ( volume 3/page 260)-al-Sonan al-Kobra Lelbeihaghi ( volume 8/page 177)-al-Sonan al-Kobra Lelnesaei ( volume 2/page 280)-Sahih Ebn Khazime ( volume 4/page 7)-Jame Bayan al-Elm Va Fazle Laben Abd al-Ber ( volume 2/page 106)-Ahkam al-Ghoran Leljesas ( volume 3/page 107)-Tafsir al-Ghortebi ( volume 8/page 147)-al-Mosnef Leabd al-Rezagh al-Senaani( volume 11/page 52)-Tarikh Medina Dameshgh Laben Asaker ( volume 25/page 13)-al-Asabe Fi Tamiz al-Sehabe Laben Hajar al-Asghalani ( volume 4/page 537)-al-Sire al-Nabvie Laben Hesham al-Hamiri ( volume 4/page 1079) 4 -Tahzib al-Kamal Fi Asma al-Rejal Lelmezi (volume 21/page 557)-Tahzib al-Tahzib Laben Hajar al-Asghalani (volume 8/page 9)-Tarikh al-Eslam Lelzehbi (volume 11/page 280)-al-Bedaye Va al-Nahaye Laben Kasir (volume 6/page 91)-Soalat al-Ajri Labi Davod Lesoleiman Ben al-Ashas (volume 1/page 341) 5 -Sahih al-Bokhari ( volume 8/page 87/alphabet 7050) 6 - Sahih al-Bokhari ( volume 7/page 208/alphabet 6585) 7-Sahih al-Bokhari ( volume 7/ page 208/ alphabets 6586)