Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The list of the Names of those who saw the Twelfth Imam (a.s.) 9ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله بْنِ صَالِحٍ وَأَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنِ الْقَنْبَرِيِّ رَجُلٌ ٠ِنْ وُلْدِ قَنْبَرٍ الْكَبِيرِ ٠َوْلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ جَرَى حَدِيثُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ فَذَ٠َّهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَلَيْسَ غَيْرُهُ فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ فَقَالَ لَ٠ْ أَرَهُ وَلَكِنْ رَآهُ غَيْرِي قُلْتُ وَ٠َنْ رَآهُ قَالَ قَدْ رَآهُ جَعْفَرٌ ٠َرَّتَيْنِ وَلَهُ حَدِيثٌ.

Have you seen him?” He said, “I have not seen him (the twelfth Imam) but other people have seen him.” I then asked, “Who has seen him?” He said, “Ja‘far has seen him twice and he has quite a story about it to tell.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/11))