Imam Al-Sadiq

25 Fussilat: 46.
26 Al- Tawba: 91.
27 In our book 'Al- Shi'a Wa Silsilat 'Usuraha', We have mentioned some of what has come in
the Book about the outstanding merits of Ahl al- Bayt and the Summons to follow them.
28 Maqatil al- Talibiyyin.
Maqatil al- Husayn 'b 'Ali. Sahib Fakh.
29 Sunan b. Majah: 2/1321.
30 The sects of Shi'a by Abu Mohammed al- Hasan al- Nobakhty: 17. In al- Fasl: 2/88, b. Hazm
has mentioned that they are five because he regards the Sunnis as a grouping equivalent to
the Murjeia and the Mu'tazila.
31 al- MilaI Wa al- Nihal, 1/147.
32 Al- Farq Bayna al- Firaq: p. 190.
33 See Al- Milal wa Al- Nihal: 1/50-51.
34 Ibin Abu al- Haddeed, Sharih Nahj al- Balagha, 4, 225. Mohammed Kurd 'Ali, Khutat al-
Sham, 5, 251-256.
35 Al- Qamus, Lisan al- 'Arab, Al- Nahayya by b. al- Athir, Al- Muqadama by b. Khaldun: p.138,
and many others.
36 See al- Sawa'iq after verse eight and verse ten of the verses concerning the outstanding
merits of the members of the House (ahl al Bayt). Also See al- Nahaya by bin al- Athir in
Qamh, and Al- Durr Al- Manthur by al- Syyuty about the Words of Allah, the Exalted: "(As for)
those who believe and do good, surely they are the best of men."
37 see al- Ghayba by al- Shaykh al- Tusy, may Allah be pleased with him.
38 concerning the information about the Kaysanis, we have very much depended on the
books: Firaq al- Shi'a, Al- Milal wa Al- Nihal, and Al- Farq Bayna al- Firaq.
39 Al- Saduq, Ikmal Al- Din, 22. Al- Kashy, Al- Rijal, 203. Koran, al- An'am, 157.
40 One of the famous reliable companions of al- Sadiq.
41 Al- Kashy, Al- Rijal, Hayyan, 202.
42 Al- Kashy, al- Rijal, 184.
43 Al- Wafi, 1,141.
44 Ibid.
45 Kifayat Al- Athar, 304.
46 Al- Milal wa Al-Nihal, 1,159.
47 Al- Shaykh Abu 'Ali al- Ha'ry, Manhaj al- Maqal Fi al- Alqab.
48 Al- Farq Bayna Al- Firaq, 23. Al- Milal 'ala Al- Fasl, 1,164.
49 See his life in the books of al- Rijal.
50 Al- Farq Bayna al- Firaq, 22. Al- Milal 'ala Hamish Al- Fasl, 1,163.
51 Firaq Al- Shi'a, 67 and 76.
52 Firaq Al- Shi'a, 69.
53 Many Sunnis mentioned Imam al- Mahdi b. al- Hasan al-'Askary. They have admitted his
existence and that he is al- Mau'ud (the promised one) See: Matalib al-Sa'ul, Al- Hjja by b.
'Arab, Lawaqih Al- Anwar, Al- Tadhkira, Sharh Al- Da'ira, Al-Fusul Al- Muhima, Fara'id Al-
Simtayn, and the like. Rather, some of them claimed that they had seen and met him.
54 I have written a study about 'hadith Al- Thaqalayn', which proves that the Imams are
Infallible and they know every thing. This study has been printed. Also I have a study about
the Knowledge of the Imam and its quality. May Allah grant us success to print it.
55 Al 'Umran, 48.