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 Die without having an Imam from the Imams of Guidance 4ـ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِي٠ِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الْ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنْ دَانَ الله بِغَيْرِ سَ٠َاعٍ عَنْ صَادِقٍ أَلْزَ٠َهُ الله الْبَتَّةَ إِلَى الْعَنَاءِ وَ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ الْبَابِ الَّذِي فَتَحَهُ الله فَهُوَ ٠ُشْرِكٌ وَذَلِكَ الْبَابُ الْ٠ُونُ عَلَى سِرِّ الله الْ٠4.

Certain persons of our people have narrated from ‘Abd al-‘Azim ibn ‘Abdallah al-Hassani from Malik ibn ‘Amir from al-Mufaddal ibn Za’id from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said, ‘Whoever would follow the religion of Allah without hearing (instructions) from a truthful (Imam) person Allah will cause him, inevitably, to suffer hardships.

Whoever would claim to have heard from a source other than the one Allah has opened for him, he will be considered as polytheist. The source and door that Allah has opened is the one that trustworthy in the matters of the hidden secrets of Allah.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ختلف فيه ضعيف على ال٠شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/221))