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 Muhammad al-Hassan ‘s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.) َدَ الْقَلانِسِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَ٠ْرٍو عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنْ كَانَ كَوْنٌ وَأَعُوذُ بِالله فَإِلَى ٠َنْ قَالَ عَهْدِي إِلَى الاكْبَرِ ٠6.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qalanisi from Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Amr from Ali ibn Mahziyar who has said the following.

“Once I said abu al-Hassan (a.s.), “If something will happen-I seek refuge before Allah – to who then will go (Leadership with Divine Authority)?” He said, “My covenant (directive will) is for the eldest of my sons.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول وقيل ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/389))