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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 2) Chapter 73 : Tacit and Explicit Testimony As Proof of Abu Ja'far Al-thani's (the Second) (a.s.) Divine Authority Over the People After Abu Al-hassan Al-rida (a.s.) H 830, Ch. 73, H 1 Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Walid from Yahya ibn Habib al-Zayyat who has said the following.

"A man who was present in a meeting (of people) with abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) spoke to me of the information herein below. "When people readied themselves to leave the meeting the Imam (a.s.) said to them, "Meet abu Ja'far (a.s.), (before you leave), offer to him greeting and renew your covenant with him." When left, he (the Imam) said to me, "May Allah grant well-being to al-Mufaddal, he would have believed (in the succeeding Imam) without it (the command to renew their covenant)".

H 831, Ch. 73, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Mu'ammar ibn Khallad who has said the following. "I heard (abu al-Hassan) al-Rida who said something (leadership with Divine Authority) and then said, "I do not think you need what I just said. This is abu Ja'far (a.s.). I have placed him in my own place to assume my position. We are of the family whose younger ones inherit from elder everything exactly measure to measure." H 832, Ch.

73, h 3 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from his father, Muhammad ibn 'Isa who has said the following. "Once I went to see abu Ja'far al-Thani's (a. s.). He debated me in several issues. He then said, "O abu Ali, there is no (reason for) doubt; I am the only son that my father had." H 833, Ch. 73, h 4 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ja'far ibn Yahya from Malik ibn Ashyam from al-Husayn ibn Bashshar who has said the following.

"Ibn Qiyaman wrote a letter to abu al-Hassan (a.s.) in which he had said the following. 'How can you be an Imam when you do not have a son?" Abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) replied him with signs of anger, "How do you know that I will not have a son? By Allah, not many days and nights will pass before Allah will grant me a male child through who He will make the truth distinct from falsehood." H 834, Ch.

73, h 5 One of our people has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from Mu'awiya ibn Hakim from ibn abu Basir who has said the following. "Al-Najashi once asked me, "Who will be the Imam after your master?