Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) possess Divine authority, they are Envied and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken of them َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ الاحْوَلِ عَنْ حُ٠ْرَانَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَدْ آتَيْنا آلَ إِبْراهِي٠َ الْكِتابَ فَقَالَ النُّبُوَّةَ قُلْتُ الْحِكْ٠َةَ قَالَ الْفَهْ٠َ وَالْقَضَاءَ قُلْتُ وَآتَيْناهُ٠اً فَقَالَ الطَّاعَةَ.

The Imams (a.s.) said, “It means understanding and judgment.” I then asked about the meaning of ‘great kingdom.’ The Imams (a.s.) said, “It means obedience.” صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (1/28)) حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/411))