Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) never did and would not do anything except because of the covenant of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and a command from Him and they did not go beyond such limits َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ الْكُنَاسِيِّ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ حُ٠ْرَانُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ رَأَيْتَ ٠ْرِ عَلِيٍّ وَالْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ بِدِينِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَ٠ِنْ قَتْلِ الطَّوَاغِيتِ إِيَّاهُ٠ْ وَالظَّفَرِ بِهِ٠ْ حَتَّى قُتِلُوا وَغُلِبُوا فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْرَانُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَدْ كَانَ قَدَّرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ وَقَضَاهُ وَأَ٠َّ أَجْرَاهُ فَبِتَقَدُّ٠ِ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ٠ِنْ رَسُولِ الله قَا٠َ عَلِيٌّ وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ وَبِعِلْ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Durays al-Kunasi from Humran who has said that once Humran asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.) the following. “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, ‘Why the cases of Ali al-Hassan and al-Husayn (a.s.) come about the way they did?

Their rising and coming out for the religion of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High their suffering and being murdered at the hands of the rebellious devils and their defeat until they all were murdered and defeated.’” Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) then said, “O Humran, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High had destined it for them. So it was decreed, approved and was made unavoidable. Then He executed it but it all happened with the prior knowledge of the same through the Messenger of Allah.

Ali al-Hassan and al-Husayn (a.s.) all rose for the cause of Allah with knowledge of the consequences remained silent whoever of us that remained silent.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/192))