Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Difference among he Messengers, the Prophets and the al-Muhaddath ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ ٠ُونٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَكانَ رَسُولاً نَبِيًّا ٠َا الرَّسُولُ وَ٠َا النَّبِيُّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي يَرَى فِي ٠َعُ الصَّوْتَ وَلا يُعَايِنُ الْ٠َلَكَ وَالرَّسُولُ الَّذِي يَسْ٠َعُ الصَّوْتَ وَيَرَى فِي الْ٠ِ وَيُعَايِنُ الْ٠َلَكَ قُلْتُ الا٠َنْزِلَتُهُ قَالَ يَسْ٠َعُ الصَّوْتَ وَلا يَرَى وَلا يُعَايِنُ الْ٠َّ تَلا هَذِهِ الايَةَ وَ٠ِنْ رَسُولٍ وَلا نَبِيٍّ وَلا ٠1.

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from Tha‘laba ibn Maymun from Zurara who has said the following “I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘He was a messenger, a prophet’. What is a messenger and what is a prophet?’” The Imam said, “A prophet is one who sees things in his dream and hears the voice but does not see the angel.

The messenger is one who hears the voice, in his dreams and sees the angel.” I then said, “What is the position of the Imam?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “He hears the voice but does not see and observe the angel” Then he recited the following verse of the Holy Quran.

‘Satan would try to tamper with the desires of every prophet or messenger or muhaddath whom We sent...’” (22:52) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/287)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)