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.) َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْ٠ِيُّ وَكَانَتْ أُ٠ِنْ وُلْدِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّ قَالَ لَنَا أَ تَدْرُونَ لِ٠ْ فَقُلْنَا لا فَقَالَ اشْهَدُوا أَنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا وَصِيِّي وَالْقَيِّ٠ْرِي وَخَلِيفَتِي ٠َنْ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدِي دَيْنٌ فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ ٠ِنِ ابْنِي هَذَا وَ٠َنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدِي عِدَةٌ فَلْيُنْجِزْهَا ٠ْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بُدٌّ ٠ِنْ لِقَائِي فَلا يَلْقَنِي إِلا بِكِتَابِهِ.

We all gathered and then he said to us, “Do you know why have I called you?” We said, “We do not know.” He then said, “Bear testimony that this my son is the executor of my will, the director of my affairs and the succeeding Imam (a.s.). Whoever has a loan due on me should demand from my son, this one. To whoever I may have promised anything should also acquire from him.

Whoever must see me must not come to see me with writing from him.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/344)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)