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 abu ‘Abdallah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَائِ٠ِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ هَذَا وَالله قَائِ٠َّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ عَنْبَسَةُ فَلَ٠َّا قُبِضَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ جَابِرٌ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ لَعَلَّكُ٠ْ تَرَوْنَ أَنْ لَيْسَ كُلُّ إِ٠ِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَهُ.

He (Abu Ja‘far) tapped (at the shoulder of) Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and said, 'This, by Allah, is the Qa’im (one who will establish the kingdom of Allah) of the family of Muhammad (s.w.).' ‘Anbasa has said, 'When Abu Ja‘far passed away, went to see Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and told him of what I had heard (from Jabir).

The Imam said, 'Jabir has spoken the truth.' He then said, 'You perhaps think that the every succeeding Imam after a preceding Imam is not al-Qa’im (also meaning the one who obeys and serves Allah).' يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/328))