the masses did not disobey him because of him and only those who do not care about disobeying him opposed him. so the one person who is followed obeyed and described with this description if he pledges allegiance that is sufficient because in his agreement with the masses. if this purpose is not achieved except for two or three people then their agreement is necessary. the intended purpose is not the notables of those who pledge allegiance but rather the purpose is to establish the power of the imam through following and partisanship and that is achieved by every usurper who is obeyed. we say that when omar pledged allegiance to abu bakr may god be pleased with them both the imamate was established for him simply by his pledge of allegiance but because the hands continued to pledge allegiance because of his initiative even if… none pledged allegiance to him except omar and all creation remained in opposition or were divided equally in which there was no distinction between the victor and the vanquished when the imamate was established. if the condition for the beginning of the establishment is the establishment of power and the hearts turning to the following and the inner and outer aspects agreeing on the pledge of allegiance then the intended purpose for which we sought the imam was to gather the scattered opinions in a clash of conflicting desires. conflicting wills and disparate and conflicting desires do not agree on following one opinion unless his power appears and his assistance is great and his fear and awe are established in the souls. the orbit of all of that is based on power and power does not arise except with the agreement of the majority of i consider all times
مال بسببه الجماهير ولم يخالفه الا من لا يكرث بمخالفته فالشخص الواحد المتبوع المطاع الموصوف بهذه الصفة اذا بايع كفى اذ في موافقته الجماهير فان لم يحصل هذا الغرض الا لشخصين او ثلاثة فلابد من اتفاقهم وليس المقصود اعيان المبايعين وانما الغرض قيام شوكة الامام بالاتباع والاشياع وذلك يحصل بكل مستول مطاع ونحن نقول لما بايع عمر ابا بكر رضى الله عنهما انعقدت الامامة له بمجرد بيعته ولكن لتتابع الايدي الى البيعة بسبب مبادرته ولو لم يبايعه غير عمر وبقى كافة الخلق مخالفين او انقسموا انقساما متكافئا لا يتميز فيه غالب عن مغلوب لما انعقدت الامامة فان شرط ابتداء الانعقاد قيام الشوكة وانصراف القلوب الى المشايعة ومطابقة البواطن والظواهر على المبايعة فان المقصود الذي طلبنا له الامام جمع شتات الاراء في مصطدم تعارض الاهواء ولا تتفق الارادات المتنافضة والشهوات المتباينة المتنافرة على متابعة راى واحد الا اذا ظهرت شوكته وعظمت نجدته وترسخت في النفوس رهبته ومهابته ومدار جميع ذلك على الشوكة ولا تقوم الشوكة الا بموافقة الاكثرين من معتبري كل زمان