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.) َّدٍ الاسْبَارِقِينِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَ٠ْرٍو الْعَطَّارِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ابْنُهُ فِي الاحْيَاءِ وَأَنَا أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ هُوَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ ٠ِنْ وُلْدِكَ فَقَالَ لا تَخُصُّوا أَحَداً حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُ٠ْرِي قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدُ فِي٠َنْ يَكُونُ هَذَا الا٠ْرُ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ٠ِنْ وَلَدَيَّ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبُو ٠ِنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ.

I then asked the Imam (a.s.), “May Allah take my souls in service for your cause, which of your sons I will consider (my Imam)?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “do not consider any of them (your Imam) until my command will come to you.” The narrator has said, “I wrote to him afterwards asking, ‘To who will go this task (Leadership with Divine Authority)” The narrator has said, “He wrote to me, “(It will go) to my eldest son.” The narrator has said, “Abu Muhammad (a.s.) was older then abu Ja‘far.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/389)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)