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—in the very form in which it has been transmitted (1); we affirm it (2), accept it (3), and know that it is exactly as it has reached us (4). Yet we do not issue a categorical testimony (5), nor do we bear witness (6) that anyone is in Paradise because of the righteousness (7) of his deeds or on account of some good he has done (8), unless there is a prophetic report about that—in which case the report is conveyed (9) exactly as it has come, in the manner related; we believe in it, accept it, and know that it is just as it has reached us (10), and still we do not make a categorical attestation (11).
- The caliphate remains with Quraysh as long as two people are left alive; no one has the right to contest them for it, to rebel against them, or to acknowledge it for anyone else (12) until the Day of Resurrection (13).
(1) Absent from manuscript H.
(2) Manuscript T adds: fa nusaddiqahu ("so we believe him"); absent from H.
(3) Absent from manuscript T.
(4) Absent from manuscript H.
(5) The wording follows manuscripts T and H; manuscript Q reads: nansib ("we appoint").
(6) The wording follows manuscripts T and H; manuscript Q reads: wa la yashhad ("nor does he testify").
(7) Manuscripts T and H read: bisalih ("with a righteous [person]").
(8) Manuscripts T and H read: atahu ("he came to him").
(9) Absent from manuscripts T and H.
(10) Absent from manuscripts T and H.
(11) The wording follows manuscripts T and H; manuscript Q reads: nansib ("we appoint").
(12) Manuscript T reads: wa la nuqir ("and we do not acknowledge").
(13) Stipulating that the ruler be Qurashi is obligatory only when he is chosen by the ahl al-hall wa al-aqd (the qualified electors); as for the imam—
كما جاء
[على ما رُوي]
(١)
، ونُصَدِّق به
(٢)
، [
(ونقبَل)
(٣)
، ونعلم أنه كما جاء]
(٤)
، ولا ننص
(٥)
الشهادة، ولا نشهد
(٦)
على أحد أنه في الجنة لصلاح
(٧)
عمله، أو بخير أتى به
(٨)
، إلا أن يكون في ذلك حديث،
[فيُروى الحديث]
(٩)
كما جاء على ما رُوي،
[نصدق به، ونقبَل، ونعلم أنه كما جاء]
(١٠)
، ولا ننص
(١١)
الشهادة.
* والخلافة في قريش ما بقي من الناس اثنان، ليس لأحد من الناس أن ينازعهم فيها، ولا يخرج عليهم، ولا يقر
(١٢)
لغيرهم بها إلى قيام الساعة
(١٣)
.
(١) لا توجد في (ح).
(٢) في (ط): فنُصدقَه، ولا توجد في (ح).
(٣) لا توجد في (ط).
(٤) لا توجد في (ح).
(٥) من (ط) و (ح)، وفي (ق): ننصب.
(٦) من (ط) و (ح)، وفي (ق): ولا يشهد.
(٧) في (ط) و (ح): بصالح.
(٨) في (ط) و (ح): أتاه.
(٩) لا توجد في (ط) و (ح).
(١٠) لا توجد في (ط) و (ح).
(١١) من (ط) و (ح)، وفي (ق): ننصب.
(١٢) في (ط): ولا نقر.
(١٣) اشتراط القرشية في الحاكم إنما يجب عند الاختيار من أهل الحل والعقد، أما الإمام=