Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّا حَضَرَ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الْ٠َوْتُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ علي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَأَدْخَلَ رَأْسَهُ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا أَنَا ٠ِتُّ فَغَسِّلْنِي وَكَفِّنِّي ثُ٠َّ أَقْعِدْنِي وَسَلْنِي وَاكْتُبْ.

“When the Messenger of Allah was about to leave this world Ali (a.s.) came in to see him he (the Messenger of Allah) placed his (Ali’s) head under the blanket and said, “O Ali, when I will die, wash my body and shroud it then place me in a sitting posture then ask me and write down.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/289)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)