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 4ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْ٠ِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا يَعْرِفُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَعْبُدُهُ ٠َنْ عَرَفَ الله وَعَرَفَ إِ٠ِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ٠َنْ لا يَعْرِفِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلا يَعْرِفِ الا٠ِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّ٠َا يَعْرِفُ وَيَعْبُدُ غَيْرَ الله هَكَذَا وَالله ضَلالاً.

Those who do not know Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and do not know the Imam from us, Ahlul Bayt, such people only know and worship something other than Allah just like that in error.” ختلف فيه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/303)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)