Hasan Ibn Ali reported that Al-Fadl Ibn Sahl spoke to Imam Ar-Rida (a.):“I like you to summarize for me the legal and the illegal matters in addition to the obligatory and the recommendable practices of Islam, for you are certainly the argument of God against His creatures and the core of knowledge.” Imam Ar-Reza (peace be upon him) agreed and asked for an inkwell and a paper. He then asked Al-Fadhl to write down: In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful We are sufficed with the confession that there is no god but Allah the One the absolute Who did not have a wife or a son. He is self-Existent, Allhearing, All-seeing, Almighty, All-existing, Everlasting, Light, All-knowing Who is not ignorant, All-powerful Who is not incapable, All-sufficient Who needs no one, and All-just Who does not wrong anyone. He created everything. Nothing is like Him. There is no match, opponent, opposite, or equal to Him. I declare that Mohammed is His servant, messenger, trustee, and choice among the creatures. He is the master of the messengers, the seal of the prophets, and the best in the worlds. There is no prophet after him and there is no conversion or change to his religion. I declare that everything with which Mohammed (peace be upon him and his family) came is the evident right. We believe in him as well as all the messengers, prophets, and evidences of God that preceded him. We believe in his truthful Book that “Falsehood can not reach it from any direction. It is the revelation from the All-wise, Praiseworthy One.” We also believe that his Book is the prevalent over all the (heavenly) Books and that it is all right from its beginning up to its end. We believe in its decisive (Verses), allegorical, particular, general, promise, threat, repealing, repealed, and news. No creature can ever bring its equivalent. We declare that the evidence and argument on the believers after the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), the manager of the Muslims’ affairs, the spokesman of the Quran, and the knowledgeable of its rulings is his brother, successor, and trustee whose relation to him is as same as Aaron’s relation to Moses; Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him). He is the commander of the faithful believers, the imam of the God-fearing, the leader of the white-forheaded honorables, the drone (head) of the believers, and the best of the successors of the prophets. After him come Al-Hasan and AlHussein (peace be upon them) successively up to now. They are the Prophet’s progeny, the most knowledgeable with the Book (of God) and the Sunna, the fairest in issues, the most favorable for leadership in every time, the firmest handle, the imams of right guidance, and the argument against people of this world until God seizes the earth and those living in it. He is surely the best of the seizers. We believe that anyone who opposes them (the Imams) is deviant, misleading, and deserter of the right and the guidance. They (the Imams) are the interpreters of the Quran and the spokespersons of the Prophet with directness. He whoever dies before he acknowledges and follows them by names is regarded as one of those who died before Islam. Piety, chastity, honesty, goodness, diligence, keeping the deposit of the pious and the sinful, lengthy prostration (to God), night worship, avoidance of the forbidden acts, expectation of the Relief by means of patience, good companionship, good neighborhood, doing favors limitlessly, abstinence from injury, and treating the believers with happy mien, advice, and mercy — all these are among the features of the Imams’ religion. The ritual ablution –as God instructed in His Book- is washing the face and the hands and passing water over the head and the feet. To do each action one time is the obligatory, and to do each action twice is recommendable. Any addition is a rewardless sin. Invalidators of the ablution are fart, urination, excretion, sleep, and ceremonial impurity. Anyone who passes water over the slippers (in the ritual ablution) is opposing God, His messenger, and His Book. Besides, his ablution will be invalid. When Omar heard that Ali (peace be upon him) opposed people who used to pass water over their slippers, he said to him, ‘I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) pass water over the slippers.’ ‘Was it that before or after the revelation of Sura of Al-Ma’ida?’ asked Ali (peace be upon him). ‘I do not know,’ answered Omar. Then Ali (peace be upon him) said, ‘I am sure that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) did not pass water over the slippers since the revelation of Sura of Al-Ma’ida.’ Bathing after the ceremonial impurity, wet dreams, and menstruation, in addition to the bathing of those who wash the dead, are obligatory. Friday bathing, the two eids bathing, bathing before arrival in Mecca and Medina, bathing of the umrah, bathing of ihram, bathing of Arafa Day, and bathings on first, nineteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-third of Ramadan — all these bathings are recommendable. The obligatory prayers are as follows: The Dhuhr Prayer is four rak’as, the Asr Prayer is four rak’as, the Maghrib Prayer is three rak’as, the Esha’ Prayer is four rak’as, and the Fajr Prayer is two rak’as. These are seventeen obligatory rak’as. The recommendable rak’as are thirty-four. Eight rak’as are performed before the Dhuhr Prayer, eight are performed after it, four are performed after the Maghrib Prayer, two (although considered as one) are performed –while sitting- after the Esha’ Prayer, and eight are performed after midnight. Witr prayer is three rak’as followed by two. The prayers should be performed as soon as their times fall. Every single rak’a that is performed collectively is equal to two thousand rak’as that are performed individually. Do not follow a sinful imam (of a collective prayer). Follow –in the collective prayers- only those who believe in the Wilaya. Do not offer the prayers while you are wearing skins of dead animals or beasts. Shortening the prayers is valid after a traveler is four farsakhs away from his home country. Four messenger routes back and four forth. twelve miles and when the prayers are shortened, fasting should be broken. Qunut is in four prayers — the Dhuhr Prayer, the Maghrib and Esha’ Prayers, the Friday prayer, and the Asr Prayer. Qunuts are performed before ruku’ after qira’a. The Funeral Prayer is five takbirs. It is empty of taslim because taslim is performed only when there is ruku’ and sujoud, and the Funeral Prayer has no ruku’ or sujoud. The graves should be squared, not humped. Voices should be raised when ‘bismillahir rahmanir rahim –in the Name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful-’ is recited with Sura of Fatihah. The obligatory zakat is five (silver) dirhams for each two hundred dirhams. It is not obligatory in less than this quantity. For quantities more than the previous, the zakat is one (golden) dirham for every forty dirhams. It is not obligatory in less than forty dirhams. It is obligatory only when a whole year lapses. It should be given only to the Imamites. For the golden dinars, the obligatory zakat is half a dinar for every twenty.The khums is paid only one time from the profits. The obligatory zakat of wheat, barley, dates, raisins, and any grain the quantity of which is five wasqs –a measurement- is one tenth provided that it is irrigated by rainfall or a river. In case it is irrigated by pails, the zakat then is half a tithe for both the insolvent and the solvent. The zakat of the other grains is one or two handfuls. This is because God does not impose on any soul a responsibility beyond its ability and He does not overburden the servants. One wasq is sixty saas. One saa is sixty rotls and four mudds. A mudd is two and quarter Iraqi rotls. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: “It is nine Iraqi rotls which is equal to six Medinian rotls.” Zakat ul-Fitr is obligatory on everybody apart from the age or and any other person who is free or in bondage. It is half a saa of wheat and one saa of dates and raisins. Because it is obligatory, it is illicit to give the zakat ul-Fitr to other than the Imamites. Period of menstruation is between ten and three days. The semimenstruant should perform the ritual bathing before she performs any prayer. The menstruant leaves performing the prayers and does not settle the prayers that she misses during her period of menstruation, but she should settle the days of fast that she misses. Fasting should be observed during month of Ramadan only when the new moon is seen and should be stopped when the new moon (of the next month) is seen. It is invalid to offer the Tarawih Prayer collectively. It is recommendable to fast during three days every month — one day for every ten days; a Thursday from the first ten, a Wednesday from the middle ten, and a Thursday from the last ten –days of a month-. It is fine and recommendable to fast during month of Shaban. The Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family) said: “Shaban is my month and Ramadan is God’s.” It is acceptable to settle the missed fast of Ramadan in different days. The hajj to the Holy House –of God- is obligatory upon anyone who finds a way to it. ‘Way’ in this regard stands for supplies and a riding animal –a means of transportation-. Except for people of Mecca, any form of hajj except that of tamattu’ is illict. It is also illicit to opt for hajj of ifrad and hajj of qiran that the others perform. Ihram is illicit before attaining the miqat. God says: Complete the hajj and umrah in obedience to God. It is illicit to immolate a castrate sheep because it is imperfect. It is acceptable to immolate a sheep whose testicles are pressed between two rocks so that it will lose libido. Jihad is obligatory only under the leadership of a just imam. The killed for defending their wealth, baggage, or themselves are martyrs. It is illicit to kill any disbeliever in time of taqiyah, except the murderers and the aggressors when safety is guaranteed. It is also illicit to use the wealth of people, whether of other sects or not, wrongly. Taqiyah is obligatory in its proper time -when it becomes necessary-. Those who perjure out of taqiyah so as to save themselves against harm are not to undergo the doctrinal provision. Divorce is valid only when it is implemented according to the Islamic laws that God the Majestic mentioned in His Book or the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) referred to in his Sunna. Any other form of divorce is invalid, including the forms that oppose the Book. Similarly, any form of marriage that opposes the Sunna is invalid. It is illicit to marry more than four mistresses in one time. It is illicit for husbands who divorced their wives three times, according to the Sharia, to have them as wives anew before they marry other husbands. Amirul Muminin (peace be upon him) said: “Be away from women whom are divorced three times in one situation, for they are still wives.” It is recommendable to send blessings to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) in every situation, including blowing of the wind, sneezing and so on. It is obligatory to cherish the disciples of God and their disciples and to hate and disavow the enemies of God and their masters. It is obligatory to treat the parents piously. In case they are polytheists, you may not obey them, but maintain lawful relations with them, because God says: Give thanks to Me first and then to your parents, to Me all things proceed. If they try to force you to consider things equal to Me, which you cannot justify, do not obey them. Amirul Muminin (peace be upon him) said: “Those who were described as worshipping others besides God did not pray or fast for their sake. They only obeyed them when they ordered to act disobediently to God. I heard the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family) saying: ‘He whoever obeys any creature in acts other than those of obedience to God the Majestic is converting to atheism and betaking a god other than Allah.’The legality of a fetus (of an eatable animal) is materialized when the legality of (slaughtering of) its mother is materialized. The faults of the prophets are regarded as insignificant and pardoned for their prophecy. The laws of inheritance are errorless provided that they are applied as exactly as God has enacted. Except the husband or the wife, no one will inherit (a dead person) with the parents and the sons. Those whom are given shares according to the Book of God are more meritorious than those whom are not. The inheritance of the agnation is not in the religion of God. An immolated animal for the newborn baby, whether male or female, should be slaughtered on the seventh day of age. On the same day, the baby should be had his hair cut, his name should be chosen, and a golden or silver alms that is as weighty as his cut hair should be given. Deeds of the servants are created optionally not compulsorily. Do not believe in fatalism or indeterminism. God the Majestic does not punish an innocent for a sin that is committed by a sinful. Likewise, He does not torment sons and children for the sins of their fathers. He the Exalted says: No one will be considered responsible for another’s sins. …nor can man achieve anything except that he had exerted his own efforts in acting. God forgives, never treats unjustly, never orders the servants to obey somebody that He knows he will oppress and deviate them, and never chooses for conveying His message anyone that He knows he would disbelieve and follow the Shaitan. Islam is something different from faith. Every faithful believer is Muslim but not every Muslim is faithful believer. A larcener is faithless in the moment he commits larceny, a drunken is faithless in the moment he drinks –alcohol-, and a murderer is faithless in the moment he kills a respectful soul. The individuals that are subject to the doctrinal provisions are neither believers nor atheists. God will not submit the faithful believers to Hell after He promised them Paradise and eternal abode in it. He whomever is submitted to Hell out of hypocrisy, sinfulness, or a grand sin will not be joined with the faithful believers. Hell will surround only the disbelievers. Any guilt due to which its committer will be submitted to Hell is sin. The polytheists, disbelievers, hypocrites, and committers of grand sins will be submitted to Hell. Intercession is permissible for the seekers of intercession. It is obligatory to enjoin good and forbid evil by way of the tongue.Faith stands for the fulfillment of the ritual duties and the abstinence from the forbidden acts. It is acknowledgement of the heart, uttered declaration, and the application of the organs. Takbir in Eid ul-Adha comes after ten prayers beginning with the Dhuhr Prayer of Day of Immolation (the tenth of Dhu’l-Hijja). Takbir in Eid ul-Fitr comes after five prayers beginning with the Maghrib Prayer of the night before breaking the fast. The puerperal should leave the prayers for twenty days no more. She should offer prayers if she becomes clean before this period, otherwise she should complete the twenty days. Then, she should wash herself and apply the acts of the semi-menstruant. It is obligatory to believe in the tomb agony, Munkar and Nakeer, the resurrection after death, the Judgment, the Balance, and the Path. It is also obligatory to believe in the disavowal of the leaders of deviation and their followers, compliance with the disciples of God, forbiddance of the alcohol. The few amount of any beverage the much amount of which is intoxicating is haram. The individual under constraint ought not to drink wine because it may kill him. It is also obligatory to believe in the forbiddance of having the meat of any animal that has a canine tooth and every bird that has a claw, and the forbiddance of (eating) the spleen because it is blood, any fish other than the shellfish, and any bird that does not have a gizzard. Regarding eggs, it is halal to have any egg whose edges are uneven and it is haram to have any egg whose edges are equal. It is also obligatory to believe in (the necessity of) the abstinence from the forbidden matters, which are killing the soul that God forbade, drinking alcohol, impiety to the parents, flight from fighting the enemy, wrongful consuming of the orphans’ property, having the dead meat, the blood, the pork, and any animal that is slaughtered and consecrated in the name of someone (or something) other than God except in states of necessity. It is furthermore obligatory to believe in the forbiddance of usury, unlawful trade after a proof is demonstrated, gambling, cheating in weighing and measuring, false accusation of married ladies, fornication, sodomy, perjury, despair of receiving comfort from God, feeling of being secure from God’s unexpected plans, losing hope in God’s mercy, supporting and approach to the unjust rulers, false swearing, detention of the rights in solvency, arrogance, atheism, squandering, treachery, concealment of testimony, diversions that prevent from mentioning God such as singing and playing music, and finally insistence on the insignificant sins. The previous were the fundamentals of the religion (Usul-Ud-Din). All praise is due to Allah the Lord or the worlds. All peace and blessings be upon the Lord’s Messenger and his family. [Tuhaf-ul-Uqul of Al-Harrani, pages 305 – 311]

عن الفضل بن سهل عن الإمام الرضا عليه السلام قال له: إني أحب أن تجمع لي من الحلال والحرام والفرائض والسنن، فإنك حجة الله على خلقه ومعدن العلم. فدعا الرضا عليه السلام بدواة وقرطاس، وقال عليه السلام للفضل: اكتب بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حسبنا شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، أحدا صمدا، لم يتخذ صاحبة ولا ولدا، قيوما سميعا، بصيرا، قويا، قائما باقيا، نورا، عالما لا يجهل، قادرا لا يعجز، غنيا لا يحتاج عدلا لا يجور، خلق كل شئ، ليس كمثله شئ، لا شبه له ولا ضد ولا ند ولا كفو. وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله وأمينه وصفوته من خلقه، سيد المرسلين وخاتم النبيين وأفضل العالمين، لا نبي بعده ولا تبديل لملته ولا تغيير. وأن جميع ما جاء به محمد صلى الله عليه وآله أنه هو الحق المبين، نصدق به وبجميع من مضى قبله من رسل الله وأنبيائه وحججه. ونصدق بكتابه الصادق لا يأتيه الباطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه تنزيل من حكيم حميد وأنه كتاب المهيمن على الكتب كلها وأنه حق من فاتحته إلى خاتمته نؤمن بمحكمه ومتشابهه وخاصه وعامه ووعده ووعيده وناسخه ومنسوخه وأخباره لا يقدر واحد من المخلوقين أن يأتي بمثله وأن الدليل والحجة من بعده على المؤمنين والقائم بأمور المسلمين والناطق عن القرآن والعالم بأحكامه أخوه وخليفته ووصيه والذي كان منه بمنزلة هارون من موسى علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام أمير المؤمنين وإمام المتقين وقائد الغر المحجلين يعسوب المؤمنين وأفضل الوصيين بعد النبيين. وبعده الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام، واحدا بعد واحد إلى يومنا هذا عترة الرسول وأعلمهم بالكتاب والسنة وأعدلهم بالقضية وأولاهم بالامامة في كل عصر وزمان وأنهم العروة الوثقى وأئمة الهدى والحجة على أهل الدنيا حتى يرث الله الارض ومن عليها وهو خير الوارثين وأن كل من خالفهم ضال مضل، تارك للحق والهدى. وأنهم المعبرون عن القرآن الناطقون عن الرسول بالبيان، من مات لا يعرفهم ولا يتولاهم بأسمائهم وأسماء آبائهم مات ميتة جاهلية وأن من دينهم الورع والعفة والصدق والصلاح والاجتهاد وأداء الامانة إلى البر والفاجر وطول السجود والقيام بالليل واجتناب المحارم وانتظار الفرج بالصبر وحسن الصحبة وحسن الجوار وبذل المعروف وكف الاذى وبسط الوجه والنصيحة والرحمة للمؤمنين. والوضوء كما أمر الله في كتابه غسل الوجه واليدين ومسح الرأس والرجلين واحد فريضة واثنان إسباغ ومن زاد أثم ولم يوجر ولا ينقض الوضوء إلا الريح والبول والغائط والنوم والجنابة. ومن مسح على الخفين فقد خالف الله ورسوله وكتابه ولم يجز عنه وضوءه وذلك أن عليا عليه السلام خالف القوم في المسح على الخفين. فقال له عمر: رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه واله يمسح. فقال علي عليه السلام: قبل نزول سورة المائدة أو بعدها ؟ قال لا أدري قال علي عليه السلام: لكني أدري أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله لم يمسح على خفيه مذ نزلت سورة المائدة والاغتسال من الجنابة والاحتلام والحيض وغسل من غسل الميت فرض. والغسل يوم الجمعة والعيدين ودخول مكة والمدينة وغسل الزيارة وغسل الاحرام ويوم عرفة وأول ليلة من شهر رمضان وليلة تسع عشرة منه وإحدى وعشرين وثلاث وعشرين منه سنة وصلاة الفريضة: الظهر أربع ركعات والعصر أربع ركعات والمغرب ثلاث ركعات. والعشاء الآخرة أربع ركعات والفجر ركعتان، فذلك سبع عشرة ركعة والسنة أربع وثلاثون ركعة منها ثمان قبل الظهر، وثمان بعدها، وأربع بعد المغرب، وركعتان من جلوس بعد العشاء الآخرة تعد بواحدة وثمان في السحر والوتر ثلاث ركعات وركعتان بعد الوتر والصلاة في أول الاوقات وفضل الجماعة على الفرد كل ركعة بألفي ركعة ولا تصل خلف فاجر ولا تقتدي إلا بأهل الولاية. ولا تصل في جلود الميتة ولا جلود السابع. والتقصير في أربع فراسخ، بريد ذاهبا وبريد جائيا اثنا عشر ميلا وإذا قصرت أفطرت والقنوت في أربع صلوات في الغداة والمغرب والعتمة ويوم الجمعة وصلاة الظهر وكل القنوت قبل الركوع وبعد القراءة والصلاة على الميت خمس تكبيرات وليس في صلاة الجنائز تسليم لان التسليم في الركوع والسجود وليس لصلاة الجنازة ركوع ولا سجود ويربع قبر الميت ولا يسنم والجهر ببسم الله الرحمن الرحيم في الصلاة مع فاتحة الكتاب والزكاة المفروضة من كل مائتي درهم خمسة دراهم ولا تجب في ما دون ذلك وفيما زاد في كل أربعين درهما درهم ولا تجب فيما دون الاربعينات شئ ولا تجب حتى يحول الحول. ولا تعطى إلا أهل الولاية والمعرفة. وفي كل عشرين دينارا نصف دينار والخمس من جميع المال مرة واحدة والعشر من الحنطة والشعير والتمر والزبيب وكل شئ يخرج من الارض من الحبوب إذا بلغت خمسة أو سق ففيه العشر إن كان يسقى سيحا وإن كان يسقى بالدوالي ففيه نصف العشر للمعسر والموسر وتخرج من الحبوب القبضة والقبضتان لان الله لا يكلف نفسا إلا وسعها ولا يكلف العبد فوق طاقته والوسق ستون صاعا والصاع ستة أرطال وهو أربعة أمداد والمد رطلان وربع برطل العراقي وقال الصادق عليه السلام: هو تسعة أرطال بالعراقي وستة أرطال بالمدني وزكاة الفطر فريضة على رأس كل صغير أو كبير، حر أو عبد من الحنطة نصف صاع ومن التمر والزبيب صاع ولا يجوز أن تعطى غير أهل الولاية، لانها فريضة وأكثر الحيض عشرة أيام وأقله ثلاثة أيام والمستحاضة تغتسل وتصلي. و الحائض تترك الصلاة ولا تقضي، وتترك الصيام وتقضيه ويصام شهر رمضان لرؤيته ويفطر لرؤيته ولا يجوز التراويح في جماعة وصوم ثلاثة أيام في كل شهر سنة من كل عشرة أيام يوم خميس من العشر الاول والاربعاء من العشر الاوسط. والخميس من العشر الآخر وصوم شعبان حسن وهو سنة وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: شعبان شهري وشهر رمضان شهر الله وإن قضيت فائت شهر رمضان متفرقا أجزءك وحج البيت من استطاع إليه سبيلا والسبيل زاد وراحلة ولا يجوز الحج إلا متمتعا ولا يجوز الافراد والقران الذي تعمله العامة والاحرام دون الميقات لا يجوز قال الله: وأتموا الحج والعمرة لله ولا يجوز في النسك الخصي لانه ناقص ويجوز الموجوء والجهاد مع إمام عادل ومن قاتل فقتل دون ماله ورحله ونفسه فهو شهيد ولا يحل قتل أحد من الكفار في دار التقية إلا قاتل أو باغ وذلك إذا لم تحذر على نفسك ولا أكل أموال الناس من المخالفين وغيرهم والتقية في دار التقية واجبة. ولا حنث على من حلف تقية يدفع بها ظلما عن نفسه والطلاق بالسنة على ما ذكر الله جل وعز وسنة نبيه صلى الله عليه واله ولا يكون طلاق بغير سنة وكل طلاق يخالف الكتاب فليس بطلاق وكل نكاح يخالف السنة فليس بنكاح ولا تجمع بين أكثر من أربع حرائر وإذا طلقت المرأة ثلاث مرات للسنة لم تحل له حتى تنكح زوجا غيره وقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: اتقوا المطلقات ثلاثا فإنهن ذوات أزواج والصلاة على النبي صلى الله عليه واله في كل المواطن عند الرياح والعطاس وغير ذلك وحب أولياء الله وأوليائهم وبغض أعدائه والبراءة منهم ومن أئمتهم وبر الوالدين وإن كانا مشركين فلا تطعهما وصاحبهما في الدنيا معروفا لان الله يقول: اشكر لي ولوالديك إلي المصير وإن جاهداك على أن تشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: ما صاموا لهم ولا صلوا ولكن أمروهم بمعصية الله فأطاعوهم، ثم قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله يقول: من أطاع مخلوقا في غير طاعة الله جل وعز فقد كفر واتخذ إلها من دون الله وذكاة الجنين ذكاة امه وذنوب الانبياء صغار موهوبة لهم بالنبوة والفرائض على ما أمر الله لا عول فيها ولا يرث مع الوالدين والولد أحد إلا الزوج والمرأة وذو السهم أحق ممن لا سهم له وليست العصبة من دين الله والعقيقة عن المولود الذكر والانثى يوم السابع. ويحلق رأسه يوم السابع. ويسمى يوم السابع ويتصدق بوزن شعره ذهبا أو فضة يوم السابع. وأن أفعال العباد مخلوقة خلق تقدير لا خلق تكوين ولا تقل بالجبر ولا بالتفويض، ولا يأخذ الله عزوجل البرئ بجرم السقيم ولا يعذب الله الابناء والاطفال بذنوب الآباء وإنه قال: ولا تزر وازرة وزر اخرى وأن ليس للانسان إلا ما سعى والله يغفر ولا يظلم ولا يفرض الله على العباد طاعة من يعلم أنه يظلمهم و يغويهم ولا يختار لرسالته ويصطفي من عباده من يعلم أنه يكفر ويعبد الشيطان من دونه وأن الاسلام غير الايمان وكل مؤمن مسلم وليس كل مسلم مؤمنا لا يسرق السارق حين يسرق وهو مؤمن ولا يشرب الشارب حين يشرب الخمر وهو مؤمن ولا يقتل النفس التي حرم الله بغير الحق وهو مؤمن وأصحاب الحدود لا بمؤمنين ولا بكافرين وأن الله لا يدخل النار مؤمنا وقد وعده الجنة والخلود فيها ومن وجبت له النار بنفاق أو فسق أو كبيرة من الكبائر لم يبعث مع المؤمنين ولا منهم ولا تحيط جهنم إلا بالكافرين وكل إثم دخل صاحبه بلزومه النار فهو فاسق ومن أشرك، أو كفر، أو نافق، أو أتى كبيرة من الكبائر والشفاعة جائزة للمستشفعين. والامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر باللسان واجب والايمان أداء الفرائض واجتناب المحارم والايمان هو معرفة بالقلب وإقرار باللسان وعمل بالاركان والتكبير في الاضحى خلف عشر صلوات يبتدأ من صلاة الظهر من يوم النحر وفي الفطر في خمس صلوات يبتدأ بصلاة المغرب من ليلة الفطر والنفساء تقعد عشرين يوما لا أكثر منها فإن طهرت قبل ذلك صلت وإلا فإلى عشرين يوما ثم تغتسل وتصلي وتعمل عمل المستحاضة ويؤمن بعذاب القبر ومنكر ونكير والبعث بعد الموت والحساب والميزان والصراط والبراءة من أئمة الضلال وأتباعهم والموالات لاولياء الله وتحريم الخمر قليلها وكثيرها وكل مسكر خمر وكل ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرام والمضطر لا يشرب الخمر فإنها تقتله وتحريم كل ذي ناب من السباع وكل ذي مخلب من الطير وتحريم الطحال فإنه دم والجري والطافي والمارماهي والزمير وكل شئ لا يكون له قشور ومن الطير ما لا تكون له قانصة ومن البيض كل ما اختلف طرفاه فحلال أكله وما استوى طرفاه فحرام أكله واجتناب الكبائر وهي قتل النفس التي حرم الله وشرب الخمر وعقوق الوالدين والفرار من الزحف وأكل مال اليتامى ظلما وأكل الميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير وما اهل به لغير الله من غير ضرورة به وأكل الربا والسحت بعد البينة والميسر والبخس في الميزان والمكيال وقذف المحصنات والزنا واللواط والشهادات الزور واليأس من روح الله والامن من مكر الله والقنوط من رحمة الله ومعاونة الظالمين والركون إليهم واليمين الغموس وحبس الحقوق من غير عسر والكبر والكفر والاسراف والتبذير والخيانة وكتمان الشهادة والملاهي التي تصد عن ذكر الله مثل الغناء وضرب الاوتار والاصرار على الصغاير من الذنوب فهذا أصول الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على نبيه وآله وسلم تسليما

Food for thought:

How does one demand blind imitation (Taqlid) for the fasting (Sawm) and the dissociation (Bara’ah) which, like monotheism (Tawhid) and leadership (Imamah), belong to the foundations of religion (Usul-ud-Din)?