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               44  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 27-67, Summer 2022
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                  Imam Mahdi also states:                guarantees  no  reward
                  “In  the  events  and                  for  him,  and  such  a
                  matters of your life, refer            person is not considered
                  to  the  narrators  of  our            one  of  the  believers”.

                  tradition  that  they  are             (Bahrani, 2007, Vol. 2: 133)
                  the authority of me and I
                  am  the  authority  of                 This hadith expresses the
                  God”.  (Najafi,  1989,              necessity of obedience to the

                  Vol. 21: 395)                       “Wali”, which first includes
                                                      the  Prophets,  the  infallible
                  Therefore,  opposing  the           Imams  and  finally  the

               Prophets  and  disobeying              jurisprudents.
               their commands will lead to               Sunnis  have  also  quoted
               disbelief and hypocrisy, since         many hadiths about the need

               the Prophets is the principle.         to  obey  the  instructions  of
                  Imam Sadiq said:                    the  Prophets.  Suyuti  states
                  “If anyone worships God             under the verse 80 of Surah
                  all  the  nights  and  fasts        Al-Nisa (Quran): “Obedience

                  all  days  and  spends  all         to  me  is  as  obligatory  as
                  his money on the way of             obedience  to  God”.  (Ref:
                  God      and     goes     on        Suyuti, 1983, Vol. 2: 185)

                  pilgrimage  every  year;               Nasa'i says:
                  but  he  does  not  know               everyone who obeyed me,
                  Wali  of  God  to  perform             has  obeyed  God  and

                  his  deeds  according  to              everyone  who  rebelled
                  his  instructions,  God                against me, has rebelled
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