and from it is that he should know that the satisfaction of creation cannot be obtained except in accordance with the shariah and that obedience to the imam is not obligatory upon creation unless he calls them to comply with the shariah as narrated from muhammad ibn ali that he said i do not know of two tribes that worship other than allah. they said who are they? he said bani hashim and banu umayyah. by allah they did not set them up to prostrate to them or to pray to them but they obeyed them and followed them in what they provided them and obedience is an act of worship. ibn abbas narrated that the prophet may allah bless him and grant him peace said do not anger allah by pleasing any of his creation nor by… get close to someone
ومنها أن يعلم أن رضا الخلق لا يحسن تحصيله إلا في موافقة الشرع وأن طاعة الإمام لا تجب على الخلق إلا إذا دعاهم إلى موافقة الشرع كما روى عن محمد بن علي أنه قال إني لا علم قبيلتين تعبدان من دون الله قالوا من هم قال بنو هاشم وبنو أمية أما والله ما نصبوهم ليسجدوا لهم ولا ليصلوا لهم ولكن أطاعوهم واتبعوهم على ما أمدوهم والطاعة عبادة وقد روى ابن عباس أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا تسخطن الله برضا أحد من خلقه ولا تقربوا إلى أحد