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 al-Rida’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْ٠ٍ الْقَابُوسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنِي عَلِيّاً أَكْبَرُ وُلْدِي وَأَبَرُّهُ٠ْ عِنْدِي وَأَحَبُّهُ٠ْ إِلَيَّ وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ ٠َعِي فِي الْجَفْرِ وَلَ٠ْ يَنْظُرْ فِيهِ إِلا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ.

No one looks into it except a prophet or the executor of the will of a prophet.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/342))