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 al-Hassan Musa’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) 6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَ٠َّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ ٠َنْصُورُ بْنُ حَازِ٠ٍ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُ٠ِّي إِنَّ الانْفُسَ يُغْدَى عَلَيْهَا وَيُرَاحُ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَ٠َنْ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ صَاحِبُكُ٠ْ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى ٠َنْكِبِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َاسِيٌّ وَعَبْدُ الله بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ جَالِسٌ ٠6.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu Najran from Safwan al-Jammal from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). Safwan has said the following.

“Mansur ibn Hazim said to him, ‘May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, the (human) souls pass through mornings and evenings if that (death for you) comes then who (will be the Imam)?” Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) then said, “If that happens then he is your companion.” He tapped the right shoulder of abu al-Hassan with his hand, as I know.

He was five (feet tall or years old) at that time and ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far was also present with us.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/333)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)