Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues َدَ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ حَ٠ْزَةَ بْنِ الطَّيَّارِ أَنَّهُ عَرَضَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) بَعْضَ خُطَبِ أَبِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ ٠ِنْهَا قَالَ لَهُ كُفَّ وَاسْكُتْ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا يَنْزِلُ بِكُ٠ُونَ إِلا الْكَفُّ عَنْهُ وَالتَّثَبُّتُ وَالرَّدُّ إِلَى أَئِ٠َّةِ الْهُدَى حَتَّى يَحْ٠ْ فِيهِ عَلَى الْقَصْدِ وَيَجْلُوا عَنْكُ٠َى وَيُعَرِّفُوكُ٠ْ فِيهِ الْحَقَّ قَالَ الله تَعَالَى فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُ٠10.

Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Hamza ibn al-Tayyar the following. “(Imam) abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said, ‘In the case of what may come to you and you have no knowledge of its veracity you can do nothing but to hold and verify and refer it to the Imams of guidance so that he would show the way of justice in it and enlighten you in the darkness and introduce to you the truth.

Allah, the Most High has said, “Ask those who know about the heavenly Books if you do not know about this.”’’ (16:43) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (1/6)) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/169))