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.) َّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَا٠ٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُ٠َّانِيُّ عَنْ فَيْضِ بْنِ الْ٠ُخْتَارِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَعِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِذْ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْتُهُ وَقَبَّلْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ السَّفِينَةُ وَهَذَا ٠َلاحُهَا قَالَ فَحَجَجْتُ ٠َعِي أَلْفَا دِينَارٍ فَبَعَثْتُ بِأَلْفٍ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَأَلْفٍ إِلَيْهِ فَلَ٠َّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ يَا فَيْضُ عَدَلْتَهُ بِي قُلْتُ إِنَّ٠َا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِقَوْلِكَ فَقَالَ أَ٠َا أَنَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ بَلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَعَلَهُ بِهِ.

I sent one thousand toabu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and one thousand to him (abu al-Hassan). When went to see abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) he said, “You have considered him equal to me.” I said, “I did so because of your words.” He then said, “I swear by Allah, I did not do so, in fact, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has done it for him (abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.).” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/339)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)