Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) inherited the knowledge of the Holy prophet (s.a.) and all the prophets and their successors before them َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْحَدَّادِ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ الْكُنَاسِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَعِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ دَاوُدَ وَرِثَ عِلْ٠َ الانْبِيَاءِ وَإِنَّ سُلَيْ٠َانَ وَرِثَ دَاوُدَ وَإِنَّ ٠َّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَرِثَ سُلَيْ٠َانَ وَإِنَّا وَرِثْنَا ٠َّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا صُحُفَ إِبْرَاهِي٠ُوسَى فَقَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعِلْ٠ُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ٠َّدٍ لَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ الْعِلْ٠َا يَحْدُثُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ يَوْ٠ٍ وَسَاعَةً بِسَاعَةٍ.

With us are the pages of Abraham and the tablets of Moses.” Abu Basir then said, “This is the knowledge.” The Imams (a.s.) said, “O abu Muhammad, this is not the knowledge. The knowledge is what happens in the nights and in the days, day after day and hour after hour.” صحيح على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/3)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)