عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الْحَلَالِ وَ الْحَرَامِ فَقَالَ حَلَالُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَلَالٌ أَبَداً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ حَرَامُهُ حَرَامٌ أَبَداً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَكُونُ غَيْرُهُ وَ لَا يَجِيءُ غَيْرُهُ وَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع مَا أَحَدٌ ابْتَدَعَ بِدْعَةً إِلَّا تَرَكَ بِهَا سُنَّةً.
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from Yunus from Hariz from Zurara who has said the following:
‘Once I asked Imam Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws, recipient of divine supreme covenant, about lawful and unlawful matters and he said, ‘Whatever the Holy Prophet-saww, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has made lawful will remain lawful forever until the Day of Judgement and whatever he has made unlawful will remain unlawful forever until the Day of Judgement. There will be no one other than him and there will come no one other than him.’ He said that Imam Ali-asws has said, ‘No one has established any innovation (heresy) without abandoning (killing) an established noble Sunnah (tradition of Rasool Allah-saww).’[1]
ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن سهل بن زياد الآدمي، عن مبارك مولى الرضا (عليه السلام)، عن الرضا علي بن موسى (عليه السلام)، قال: «لا يكون المؤمن مؤمنا حتى يكون فيه ثلاث خصال: سنة من ربه، و سنة من نبيه، و سنة من وليه.
Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Kufy, from Sahl Bin Ziyad Al Adamy, from Mubarak,
A (devout) slave of Al-Reza-asws (reports) from Al-Reza Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws having said: ‘A Believer cannot become a Believer until there are three characteristics in him (that he adheres to) – A Sunnah from his Lord-azwj, and a Sunnah from his Prophet-saww, and a Sunnah from his Guardian-asws.
فأما السنة من ربه فكتمان السر، قال الله عز و جل: عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلا يُظْهِرُ عَلى غَيْبِهِ أَحَداً إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضى مِنْ رَسُولٍ ، و أما السنة من نبيه فمداراة الناس، فإن الله عز و جل أمر نبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله) بمداراة الناس، فقال: خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ، و أما السنة من وليه فالصبر على البأساء و الضراء، يقول الله عز و جل: وَ الصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْساءِ وَ الضَّرَّاءِ وَ حِينَ الْبَأْسِ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ».
As for the Sunnah from his Lord-azwj, so it is the concealment of the secret. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic [72:26] The Knower of the unseen! So He does not Reveal His secrets to any, [72:27] Except to him whom He chooses from the Rasool. And as for the Sunnah from his Prophet-saww, so it is the concealment from the people, for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded His-azwj Prophet-saww for concealment from the people, so He-azwj Said [7:199] Take to Forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant. And as for the Sunnah from his Guardian-asws, so it is the patience upon the evil and adversities. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says [2:177] and the patient in tribulation and adversity. Such are the people of truth, the pious’.[2]
[1] A-Kafi, Vol. 1, H 175, Ch. 19, h19
[2] معاني الأخبار: 184/ 1، عيون أخبار الرّضا (عليه السّلام) 1: 256/ 9