we said that this is a very weak question because the obedience that is stipulated in the right of creation to establish the power of the imam does not exceed the obedience that is stipulated in the right of slaves and servants in the right of their masters nor in the obedience that is imposed on those charged with the duties of god and his messenger. the conditions of slaves in obeying their master and the conditions of servants in obeying their lord are inseparable from division into agreement and opposition. so when those charged with the duties were divided into the obedient and the disobedient and they did not shed the fear of islam because of it nor did they escape from its bonds because of it as long as they believed that obedience it is obligatory for allah and that disobedience is forbidden and disliked. this is the case of those who are serious in obeying the one in charge. if they disobey an order of the obligatory orders they believe that disobedience is an offense and agreement is good. therefore you see them not changing their belief about loyalty even if they were cut into pieces. there is no person who is able to disobey him in any matter except that he himself when he reaches the noble threshold slaps the ground in submission rubs his cheek in the dirt in humility stands as the most humiliated of slaves stands at his door and rises leaning on his feet when hearing his address even if he is a genius. a genius in one of the corners of the earth in opposition to this flourishing state there was not one among them who did not see the struggle for its protection as a jihad in the way of allah descending to the level of jihad against the infidels. what obedience in the world of allah is greater than this obedience and what thorn in the world is equivalent to this thorn? i wonder why the batiniyyah do not remember when this question is brought up what happened to ali may allah be pleased with him of the turmoil of conditions and the failure of his followers to fight and their opposition to his approval in most of the sayings and actions until he was not… none of his sermons were free from their complaints about their turning away from him and their tyranny in their opinions until he would say
قلنا هذا سؤال في غاية الركاكة فإن الطاعة المشروطة في حق الخلق لقيام شوكة الامام لا تزيد على الطاعة المشروطة على الارقاء والعبيد في حق ساداتهم ولا على الطاعة المفروضة على المكلفين لله ورسوله واحوال العبيد في طاعة سيدهم وأحوال العباد في طاعة ربهم لا تنفك عن الانقسام إلى موافقة ومخالفة فلما انقسم المكلفون إلى المطيعين والعصاة ولم ينسلخوا به عن اهاب الاسلام ولا انسلوا به عن ربقته ما داموا معتقدين ان الطاعة لله مفروضة وان المخالفة محرمة ومكروهة فهذا حال الجد في الطاعة لصاحب الامر فانهم وان خالفوا امرا من الاوامر الواجبة الطاعة اعتقدوا المخالفة اساءة والموافقة حسنة ولذلك تراهم لا يغيرون العقيدة عن الموالاة ولو قطعوا إربا وما من شخص يقدر مخالفته في أمر من الأمور إلا وهو بعينه إذا انتهى إلى العتبة الشريفة صفع الأرض خاضعا وعفر خده في التراب متواضعا ووقف وقوف أذل العبيد على بابه وانتهض مائلا على رجليه عند سماع خطابه ولو نبغت نابغة في طرف من أطراف الأرض على معاداة هذه الدولة الزاهرة لم يكن فيهم أحد إلا ويرى النضال دون حوزتها جهادا في سبيل الله نازلا منزلة جهاد الكفار فأية طاعة في عالم الله تزيد على هذه الطاعة وأية شوكة في الدنيا تقابل هذه الشوكة وليت شعري لم لا يتذكر الباطنية عند إيراد هذا السؤال ما جرى لعلي رضي الله عنه من اضطراب الاحوال وتخلف أشياعه عنه في القتال ومخالفتهم لاستصوابه في أكثر الأقوال والأفعال حتى كان لا تنفك خطبة من خطبه عن شكايتهم في الإعراض عنه والاستبداد برأيهم حتى كان يقول