Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The people whom Allah has Chosen and has Made the Heirs of His Book are the Imams (a.s.) 1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْ٠ٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ثُ٠َّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنا ٠ْ سابِقٌ بِالْخَيْراتِ بِإِذْنِ الله قَالَ السَّابِقُ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ الا٠ُقْتَصِدُ الْعَارِفُ لِلا٠ُ لِنَفْسِهِ الَّذِي لا يَعْرِفُ الا٠1.

Al-Husayn b. Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla b. Muhammad from Muhammad b. Jumhur from Hammad b. ’Isa from ’Abd al-Mu’min from Salim who has said that he asked Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) regarding the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High.

“We gave the Book as an inheritance to Our chosen servants, among whom some are unjust against their souls, some are moderate, and some are exceedingly virtuous by the permission of God...” (35:31) The exceedingly virtuous is the Imam (a.s.), the moderate ones are those who know the Imam (a.s.) and the unjust ones are those who do not know the Imam (a.s.).” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)