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 accept the religion of Allah but without accepting the Imam, Leader with Divine Authority ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَ٠َّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدىً ٠ِنَ الله قَالَ يَعْنِي ٠َنِ اتَّخَذَ دِينَهُ رَأْيَهُ بِغَيْرِ إِ٠1.

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad (from) ibn abu Nasr from abu al-Hassan (a.s.) who has said the following. “The words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, “Who strays more than one who follows his desires without guidance from God?..

“(28:50) The Imam (a.s.), “It refers to those who take their own opinions as their religion without an Imam from the Imams of guidance (Leadership with Divine Authority).” صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (43/ 1)) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/213))