and from it is to know that the danger of the imamate is great just as its benefits in this world and the hereafter are great and that if it is observed properly it is happiness and if it is not observed properly it is misery and there is no misery greater than it. ibn abbas may god be pleased with him narrated on the authority of the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace that he came and in the house were men from quraysh so he took hold of the doorposts and then said the imams from quraysh as long as they stood among you with three things if they were asked for mercy they were merciful if they ruled they were just and if they spoke they fulfilled. and whoever did not do that… upon him is the curse of allah the angels and all people. allah will not accept from him any charity or justice. charity is voluntary and justice is obligatory. this is the statement of the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace. how great is the danger in a matter that ends with no obligatory or voluntary charity being accepted because of it. it was also narrated that he may allah bless him and grant him peace said whoever judges between two wicked people and is unjust then the curse of allah is upon the wrongdoers. abu hurairah narrated that he may allah bless him and grant him peace said three people allah will not look at on the day of resurrection the imam the lying old adulterer and the proud breadwinner. alhasan narrated on the authority of the messenger of god may god bless him and grant him peace.
ومنها أن يعرف أن خطر الإمامة عظيم كما أن فوائدها في الدنيا والآخرة عظيمة وأنها إن روعيت على وجهها فهي سعادة وان لم تراع على وجهها فهي شقاوة ليس فوقها شقاوة فقد روى ابن عباس رضى الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه انه أقبل وفي البيت رجال من قريش فأخذ بعضادتي الباب ثم قال الأئمة من قريش ما قاموا فيكم بثلاث ما إن استرحموا رحموا وإن حكموا عدلوا وان قالوا أوفوا ومن لم يفعل ذلك فعليه لعنة الله والملائكة والناس أجمعين لا يقبل الله منه صرفا ولا عدلا الصرف النافلة والعدل الفريضة وهذا قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وما أعظم الخطر في أمر ينتهي الى ألا يقبل بسببه فريضة ولا نافلة وقد روى أيضا انه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال من حكم بين اثنين فجار وظلم فلعنة الله على الظالمين وقد روى أبو هريرة أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ثلاثة لا ينظر الله اليهم يوم القيامة الإمام الكذاب الشيخ الزاني والعائل المزهو وروى الحسن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم