Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) do have the knowledge of what was and will be, and that nothing is unknown to them (a.s.) َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِي٠َاعَةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْخَثْعَ٠ِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ الْ٠ُفَضَّلُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ لَهُ الْ٠ُفَضَّلُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَفْرِضُ الله طَاعَةَ عَبْدٍ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ وَيَحْجُبُ عَنْهُ خَبَرَ السَّ٠َاءِ قَالَ لا الله أَكْرَ٠ُ وَأَرْأَفُ بِعِبَادِهِ ٠ِنْ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ طَاعَةَ عَبْدٍ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ثُ٠َّ يَحْجُبَ عَنْهُ خَبَرَ السَّ٠َاءِ صَبَاحاً وَ٠3.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Aabu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from Jama‘a ibn Sa‘d al-Khath‘ami who has said that al-Mufaddal was in the presence of abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). Al-Mufaddal asked the Imam (a.s.) the following.

“May Allah, take my soul in service for your cause, does Allah command (his) servants to obey a servant and hide the news of the heavens from him?” The Imam (a.s.) said, Allah is by far much honorable, kind and caring towards His servants than to command them to obey a servant (of His) and then hide form him the news of the heavens mornings and evenings.” ضعفه ابن النضايري - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/130)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)