Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Prohibition on Mentioning his Name ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الرَّيَّانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَائِ٠ِ فَقَالَ لا يُرَى جِسْ٠3.

A number of our people has narrated from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al-Rayyan ibn as-Salt who has said the following. “I heard abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) say, when asked al-Qa’im (the one who will establish the kingdom of All), ‘He will not be seen physically nor his very name will particularly be mentioned.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/4))