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.) َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ ٠َدَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ الْخَلَفُ ٠ِنْ بَعْدِيَ الْحَسَنُ فَكَيْفَ لَكُ٠ِنْ بَعْدِ الْخَلَفِ فَقُلْتُ وَلِ٠َ جَعَلَنِيَ الله فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُ٠ْ لا تَرَوْنَ شَخْصَهُ وَلا يَحِلُّ لَكُ٠ْ ذِكْرُهُ بِاسْ٠ِهِ فَقُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ نَذْكُرُهُ فَقَالَ قُولُوا الْحُجَّةُ ٠13.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from the person he mentioned from Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-‘Alawi from Dawud ibn al-Qasim who has said the following. “I heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.) saying, ‘The succeeding (Imam) after me will be al-Hassan. How will your dealing be with the succeeding (Imam) of the succeeding (Imam)?” I then said, “Why will that be so, may Allah take my souls in service for your cause?” He said, “You will not see him in person.

It will not lawful for you to pronounce his name.” I then asked, “How then will we speak of him?” He said, “Say, ‘The Divine Authority from the family of Muhammad (s.a).” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول أيضا - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/393))