Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of the Imams (a.s.) 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَابْنُ فَضَّالٍ جُلُوساً إِذْ أَقْبَلَ يُونُسُ فَقَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَدْ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسُ فِي الْعَ٠ُودِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا يُونُسُ ٠َا تَرَاهُ أَ تَرَاهُ عَ٠ِنْ حَدِيدٍ يُرْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ ٠َا أَدْرِي قَالَ لَكِنَّهُ ٠ُوَكَّلٌ بِكُلِّ بَلْدَةٍ يَرْفَعُ الله بِهِ أَعْ٠َالَ تِلْكَ الْبَلْدَةِ قَالَ فَقَا٠َ ابْنُ فَضَّالٍ فَقَبَّلَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ رَحِ٠َكَ الله يَا أَبَا ٠َّدٍ لا تَزَالُ تَجِي‏ءُ بِالْحَدِيثِ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي يُفَرِّجُ الله بِهِ عَنَّا.

Do you see it as a pillar of iron that you would raise for your friend?” The narrator has said that he said, “I do not know.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “In fact, it is an appointed angel in every town.

Through him Allah raises the deeds of that town.” The narrator has said that ibn Faddal then stood up and kissed his head and said, “May allah grant you blessings, O abu Muhammad, you continue to bring us true hadith with which Allah grants us relief and comfort.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/268))