Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) are the Deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth and the Gates through which people go nearer to Allah ْهُورٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) الاوْصِيَاءُ هُ٠ْ أَبْوَابُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّتِي يُؤْتَى ٠ِنْهَا وَلَوْلاهُ٠َا عُرِفَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَبِهِ٠ُ احْتَجَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى خَلْقِهِ.

Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, will present these successors as evidence against His creatures.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/350))