Religion, Religions
قَالَ: ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ بَاكِينَ يَقُولُونَ: نَشْهَدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ- وَ سَيِّدُ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ، وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَفْضَلُ الْوَصِيِّينَ، وَ أَنَّ آلَكَ أَفْضَلُ آلِ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَ صَحَابَتُكَ خَيْرُ صَحَابَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَ أَنَّ أُمَّتَكَ خَيْرُ الْأُمَمِ أَجْمَعِينَ، رَأَيْنَا مِنْ آيَاتِكَ مَا لَا مَحِيصَ لَنَا عَنْهَا، وَ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِكَ مَا لَا مَذْهَبَ لَنَا سِوَاهَا
(In a lengthy Hadith, 11th Imam-asws says): ‘Then came the third group crying and saying, ‘We testify, O Muhammad-saww, that you-saww are a Rasool-saww of the Lord-azwj of the worlds, and chief of the creatures in their entirety, and that Ali-asws is the most superior of the successors-as, and that your-saww Progeny-asws are the most superior of the progenies of the Prophets-as, and your-saww companions are the best of the companions of the Mursils-as, and that your-saww community is the best of the communities in their entirety. We saw from your-saww Signs what there is no avoidance for us from it, and from your-saww miracles what there is not ‘مَذْهَبَ’ religion (doctrine) for us besides it (an extract)[1].
[1] التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام الحسن العسكري عليه السلام، ص: 434