Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The case of those who would claim to be the Imam but is not qualified, the case of those who would reject all or some of the Imams and the case of those who argue in support of one who is not a qualified Imam.

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) رَجُلٌ قَالَ لِيَ اعْرِفِ الاخِرَ ٠َّةِ وَلا يَضُرُّكَ أَنْ لا تَعْرِفَ الاوَّلَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَعَنَ الله هَذَا فَإِنِّي أُبْغِضُهُ وَلا أَعْرِفُهُ وَهَلْ عُرِفَ الاخِرُ إِلا بِالاوَّلِ.

How can the last Imam be recognized except through the first Imam?” صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (43/ 1)) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/195))