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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 2) Chapter 62 : Evidence of Imam's Possessing Divine Authority H 745, Ch. 62, H 1 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr who has said that he asked abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) the following. "When the Imam dies through what means one would know the succeeding Imam (a.s.)?" He said, "For the Imam there are certain signs. Of such sign one is that he must be the eldest son of his father.

The will and excellence must be found in him and when people come to ask who is appointed the executor of the will in answer it can be said that so and so is appointed the executor of the will. The Armament with us is like the Ark in the Israelites. Imamat (leadership with Divine authority) is always with the Armament wherever it may go." H 746, Ch. 62, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Yazid.

Sha'ar from Harun ibn Hamza from 'Abd al-A'la who has said that he asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) the following.

"In the case of those who rush to hold control of this matter (leadership) and who claim to be for it, how would one verify their possessing Divine authority?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "They are asked about the rules of lawful and unlawful matters." The narrator has said that the Imam (a.s.) then turned to me and said, "There are three evidence that are not found in one person except the rightful owner of this status.

He must be the closest person to the preceding Imam that the Armament must be with him and he would be the appointed executor of the will in a public manner. So much so that if one would come to the town and ask the common people even the children as to who the executor of the will of so and so is? They would say so and so is the executor of the will of so and so." H 747, Ch.

62, h 3 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim and Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari who has said the following. " Once a certain person asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), "By what thing the Imam is recognized?" He said, "He is recognized through a publicly established will, through excellence in perfection.

In the case of Imam no one must be able to raise objections in matters words, of his consumption and sexual matters so that people would say, "He is a liar, usurping other's properties and such similar things." H 748, Ch.