1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from Sadir who has said the following. “I said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘I just left your supporters and followers opposing and disdaining each other.” The narrator has said that The Imam (a.s.) then said, “What do you have to do with their conditions. People have three obligations. They must recognize the Imams, submit to the instructions they have received from the Imams and refer to them in their disputes and differences.”
Un certain nombre de nos compagnons ont rapporté d'Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, d'Ibn Sinan, d'Ibn Muskan, de Sadeer, qui a dit : J'ai dit à Abi Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) : "J'ai laissé tes partisans en désaccord, certains se désolidarisant les uns des autres." Il répondit : "Et toi, que fais-tu ? Les gens n'ont été chargés que de trois choses : reconnaître les Imams, leur soumettre ce qui leur est rapporté, et les renvoyer à propos de ce sur quoi ils divergent."
