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What is the status in Shi‘i jurisprudence of someone who rejects general deputyship, and does this include the well-known narration from Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (AS)?
فاذا حکم بحکمنا فلم یقبله منه فانما استخف بحکم الله و علینا رد و الراد علینا الراد علی الله و هو علی حد الشرک بالله. [ حر العاملی، وسائل الشیعه، دار احیاء التراث العربی، بیروت، ج18، ص99]
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
Someone who rejects general deputyship rejects God’s ruling, because the one who derives rulings from the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) gives voice to their unspoken traditions, and his ruling carries the authority of God’s ruling. Anyone who turns away from certainty and chooses denial has rejected God’s ruling.
Those who derive rulings from the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, are truly the articulate voice of their silent narrations. They rightly deserve to be called the spokesmen of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, for their rulings hold the status of God’s own ruling; whoever rightly rejects them rejects God’s ruling.
Indeed, anyone who turns away from the bounds of certainty and affirmation and chooses the whirlpool of denial has denied God’s ruling.