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to the hadith of Qadir, Therefore, this is what
Sheikh Saduq benefited by the Prophet intended by His
rational deduction and following statement:
apprehension in rejecting “Whoever I am his
the various lexical meanings Mawla, Ali is his Mawla
of the term Mawla, except too”. (Saduq, 1983: 162)
for being the owner of
obedience, and said, it is In another portion,
not justified for the Prophet responding the question on
to say, whoever I am the why did not the Prophet, in
cousin of, Ali is his cousin hadith of Qadir, explicitly
too; because it was entirely express Ali's appointment
as caliph in such a way no
well-known and crystal clear
whereas its repeating was room for any discussion
futile and useless act for left later on? Saduq wrote,
Muslims. It is likely that
Additionally, it is not contemplating of implication
justified to mean the term has been entrusted to the
Mawla as the consequence, great thinkers in order to
the back or the front; deliberate on words. (Ibid: 168)
because it involves neither Saduq declared the ability
meaning nor benefit. However, of practical intellect to
we find permissible out of figure out the good and bad
the language when man (Husn va Qubh) of things;
says, he/she is my Mawla; (Ibid, 2000, Chapter 61: 629)
while he/she is the man’s But it is not thorough
owner of obedience. cognition because in
