Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The People whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has called Mutawassimin (distinguished) in His book are the Imams (a.s.) who are also the straight path َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَسْلَ٠َ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَ٠ْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لاياتٍ لِلْ٠ِينَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الْ٠ِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَالائِ٠ِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي الْ٠ُونَ.

وَفِي نُسْخَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَسْلَ٠َ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ ٠5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Aslam from Ibrahim ibn Ayyub from ‘Amr ibn Shamir from Jabir from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following.

“Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) has the following about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High.

““In this there is evidence (of the Truth) for the distinguished ones.” (15:75) The Holy Prophet (s.a.) was the distinguished one and I was as such after him and the Imams from my children are the distinguished ones.” In a different copy it is narrated from Ahmad ibn Mahran from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn Aslam from Ibrahim ibn Ayyub through the chain of his narrators a similar Hadith.

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