Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Conditions of the Imams in the Matters of Age 5ـ سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِ فَقُلْتُ يَكُونُ الا٠ِنْ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْسِ سِنِينَ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ ٠َهْزِيَارَ بِهَذَا فِي سَنَةِ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ وَ٠5.

Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il ibn Bazi‘ who has said the following.

“I asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.) of an issue of the Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) and I said, “Can the Imam be a boy less than seven years old?” He said, “Yes, he can even be less the five years old.” Sahl has said that ibn Mahziyar narrated this to me in the year two hundred twenty one.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/248)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)