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 َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَ وَ٠َيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناهُ وَجَعَلْنا لَهُ نُوراً يَ٠ْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ فَقَالَ ٠َيْتٌ لا يَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً وَنُوراً يَ٠ْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ إِ٠َثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُ٠اتِ لَيْسَ بِخارِجٍ ٠ِنْها قَالَ الَّذِي لا يَعْرِفُ الا٠13.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from Mansur ibn Yunus from Burayd who has said that he heard Imam abu Ja’far (a.s.) said the following about the words of Allah, “Can the dead to whom We have given life and light so that they may walk among the people, be considered equal to those who can never come out of darkness?” (6:122) The dead do not understand anything ‘The light by the help of which they walk’ is the Imam that they follow.’ “be considered equal to those who can never come out of darkness” applies to those who do not know who their Imam is.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/321))