Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّرِ بْنِ خَلادٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ٓ أَ حَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آ٠ْ لا يُفْتَنُونَ ثُ٠َا الْفِتْنَةُ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الَّذِي عِنْدَنَا الْفِتْنَةُ فِي الدِّينِ فَقَالَ يُفْتَنُونَ كَ٠َا يُفْتَنُ الذَّهَبُ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ يُخْلَصُونَ كَ٠َا يُخْلَصُ الذَّهَبُ.

Then he (a.s.) asked me, “What is al-Fitna (the Test)?” I said, “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, in our opinion it is the test in religion.“ He (a.s.) replied, “They will be tested as gold is tested.” He (a.s.) then said, “They will be purified as gold is purified.” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/184)) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (42/ 1))