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1. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p) was requested to explain the verse:
On the Day of Judgment you will see those who lied against God,
their faces will have turned black ... (Q, 39:60).
The Imam (p): These will be the people who falsely claimed them-selves
to be Imams (p)…
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465.
4. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): On the Day of Judgment, God will not talk
to three categories of people and will not deliver them from chastisement
and there will be painful punishment for them. First, those who claimed
to be Imams (p) while they were not Imams (p). Second, those who refused
to recognize the God-ordained Imams (p), and third, those who thought
that the first two kinds of people had a share in Islam.
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466.
6. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): One, who claims to be a partner of a God-ordained
Imam (p) although he has not been assigned such a status by God, is
like the one who claims to be a partner of God.
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467.
7. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p) was informed about a man who had said that
it was sufficient to recognize the last Imam (p) and non-recognition
of the first Imam (p) would not then be harmful.
The Imam (p): Curse of God be upon him. I count him among the enemies
and disown him. How can he recognize the last Imam (p) without recognizing
the first?
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468.
8. Imam Musa al-Kazim (p): One, who refuses to recognize his living
Imam (p), refuses the Imamate of all the past Imams (p).
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469.
9. A believer requested Imam Musa al-Kazim (p) to comment on the verse:
When they commit shameful deeds, they say, ‘We found our fathers
doing so’ and also say, ‘God commanded us to do so’.
Say O Prophet, ‘No, God never commands what is shameful. Do
you say of God what you do not know? (Q, 7:28)
The Imam (p): Have you heard anyone saying that God has ordered adultery
or drinking liquor or any such forbidden acts?
The Believer: No.
The Imam (p): Then what is this shameful act which they (falsely)
claim God has ordered them to do?
The Believer: God and the Imam (p) know better.
The Imam (p): It refers to the false claimants of Imamate. They falsely
claim that God has conferred the Imamate of a community on them when
in fact God has conferred no such honour on them. God has refuted
their claim and has informed us that they are liars and has termed
this (false claim) as a shameful act.
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