Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2251b
"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: إِنَّى لَا أَرَى هَؤُلَاءِ القَوْمَ إلَّا ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَيْكُم لِتَفَرُّقِكُم عَنْ حَقِّكمُ واجْتِمَاعِهِمْ عَلَى بَاطِلِهِمْ، وَإِنَّ الإمَامَ لَيْس يُشَاقُّ شعرةً وإِنَّه يُخطئ وَيُصِيبُ، فإذَا كَانَ عَليْكُمْ إِمَامٌ يَعْدِلُ فِى الرَّعِيَّةِ، وَيَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ، فاسمعوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا، وَإنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ إِلَّا إِمامٌ بَرٌ أَوْ فَاجِرٌ، فَإِنْ كَانَ بَرّا فَلِلرَّاعِى وَلِلرَّعِيَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فَاجِرًا عَبَدَ فِيهِ المُؤْمِنُ رَبَّهُ وَعَمِلَ فِيهِ الفَاجِرُ إَلَى أَجَلِهِ، وَإنَّكُمْ سَتُعْرَضُونَ عَلَى سَبِّى وَعَلَى البَرَاءَةِ مِنَّى فَمَنْ سَبَّنِى فَهُوَ في حِلٍّ مِنْ سَبِىِّ وَلَا تَبْرَءُوَا مِنْ دِينِى فَإِنِّى عَلَى الإسْلَامِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
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"From 'Ali, who said: Indeed I do not see these people except as prevailing over you, because you have separated from your right and they have united upon their falsehood. Indeed the Imam does not oppose a hair, and he errs and is correct. So if you have an Imam who is just towards the subjects and divides equally, then listen to him and obey him. Indeed people are not set right except by an Imam, pious or wicked. If he is pious, then it is for the ruler and the subjects; and if he is wicked, the believer worships his Lord in his time and the wicked person acts until his term ends. You will be presented with my reviling and with disavowal of me. Whoever reviles me, he is free from reviling me. But do not disavow my religion, for I am upon Islam."
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Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة
machine translation[Note] Ibn Abī Shaybah
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