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.) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ ٠َرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنْ كَانَ كَوْنٌ وَلا أَرَانِي الله ذَلِكَ فَبِ٠َأَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قُلْتُ فَإِنْ حَدَثَ بِ٠ُوسَى حَدَثٌ فَبِ٠ُّ قَالَ بِوَلَدِهِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ حَدَثَ بِوَلَدِهِ حَدَثٌ وَتَرَكَ أَخاً كَبِيراً وَابْناً صَغِيراً فَبِ٠ُّ قَالَ بِوَلَدِهِ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ هَكَذَا أَبَداً قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ أَعْرِفْهُ وَلا أَعْرِفْ ٠َوْضِعَهُ قَالَ تَقُولُ الله٠َّ إِنِّي أَتَوَلَّى ٠َاضِي فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِيكَ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

I then asked, “What if something will happen to Musa (a.s.) then who must I follow as my Imam?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Follow his sons. Then he said, “In this way for ever.” I then asked, “What if I will not know him and will not know his place?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Say, ‘O Lord, I love and take as my guardian whoever is left (on earth) as your authority of the sons of the preceding Imam.

This will be enough for you if Allah would so will.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/333)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)