Silsila-tuz-Zahb deliverance by Imam Raza (as)

By: Ibrahim

The Eight Infallible Imam Hazrat Imam Raza (as) once passed through Nisha-pur City that was the knowledgeable and fiqhi center of intelligentsia and scholars on way to Toos, when Abu-Zare-Razi and Muhammad Ibne Aslam Toosi - the two great scholars of the day - stepped out of the crowd that had come to meet and see their Great Imam, and begged Imam (as) to disclose his blessed face and narrate for them any tradition from his forefathers that would remain imbibed in their hearts as a memorable activity.

The Imam (as) enlightened the gathering with the Nur of his holy face that enlightened the whole city and complete silence was witnessed for a while.

Then the Imam (as) started to deliver this tradition that is famous as “Silsila-tuz-Zahb”. He said: “My father Musa Al-Kazim (as) narrated to me from his father Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) from his father Muhammad Al-Baqir (as) from his father Ali Zaynul Abideen (as) from his father the martyr of Karbala Hussain bin Ali (as) from his father Ali bin Abi Talib (as) saying: “My dear and beloved Messenger of Allah (saw) said: Gabriel told me as such: I heard the exalted lord saying: “The kalimah of LA ILAHA IL’LALLAH is my fort, whoever entered my fort was safe from my punishment.”

Imam (as) paused for a moment and continued: “But with one condition and some conditions, and I am amongst one of that conditions.”

It means that Allah's fort LA ILAHA IL’LALLAH will provide you with excellent safety but on one condition only and that is the condition of Wilayat in its true sense that you obey and follow the holy Imams (as0 in the progeny of the holy Prophet (saw).

About twenty thousand writers have narrated this tradition.

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