Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) is a Covenant from Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, Delivered as such by the preceding Imam to the succeeding Imam (a.s.) one after the other َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠ْرِو بْنِ الاشْعَثِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ أَ تَرَوْنَ الْ٠ِنَّا يُوصِي إِلَى ٠َنْ يُرِيدُ لا وَالله وَلَكِنْ عَهْدٌ ٠ِنَ الله وَرَسُولِهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لِرَجُلٍ فَرَجُلٍ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ الا٠ْرُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ ٠ِنْهَالٍ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ الاشْعَثِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Amr ibn al-Ash‘ath who said: I heard Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say the following: “Do you think that a testator of us chooses whoever he wants as the executor of his will? No, I swear by Allah, it is not so.

It is a covenant from Allah and His Messenger to a man and then to the next man until the matter is delivered to its rightful owner.” Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Jumhur from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Minhal from ‘Amr ibn al-Ash‘ath from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) a similar hadith.