Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Spirit with which the Imams (a.s.) are Protected ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَكَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً ٠ا كُنْتَ تَدْرِي ٠َا الْكِتابُ وَلا الاي٠انُ قَالَ خَلْقٌ ٠ِنْ خَلْقِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَعْظَ٠ِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ٠ِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ ٠َعَ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يُخْبِرُهُ وَيُسَدِّدُهُ وَهُوَ ٠1.

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya al-Halabi from abu ’al-Sabah al-Kinani from Abu Basir who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Holy and Most High: “Thus, We have revealed a Spirit to you, (Muhammad), by Our command.

Before, you did not even know what a Book or Faith was...” (42:52) The Imam (a.s.) said, “He is a creature of the creatures of Allah, the Most Holy and Most High, greater than Jibril and Mika’il. He was with the Messenger of Allah (sw) to give him news and protect him, and he is with the Imams after him.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/169))