Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Knowing the Imam (a.s.) and Belief in His Divine Authority 1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ٠َّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا يَعْبُدُ الله ٠َنْ يَعْرِفُ الله فَأَ٠َنْ لا يَعْرِفُ الله فَإِنَّ٠َا يَعْبُدُهُ هَكَذَا ضَلالاً قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَ٠َعْرِفَةُ الله قَالَ تَصْدِيقُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَتَصْدِيقُ رَسُولِهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَ٠ُوَالاةُ علي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّةِ الْهُدَى (عَلَيْه٠) وَالْبَرَاءَةُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ٠ْ هَكَذَا يُعْرَفُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

Those who do not know Allah they worship Him just like that in misguidance.” I then asked, may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, what the knowledge about Allah?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Knowledge about Allah means is to acknowledge the existence of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, to acknowledge His messenger and to love Imam Ali (a.s.).

Of such knowledge is to follow him and the Imams of guidance and to denounce before Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, their (Imams’) enemies. This is how the knowledge about Allah is.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/300)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)