Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Submission and the Virtue of the Muslims ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ ٠ُخْتَلِفِينَ يَتَبَرَّأُ بَعْضُهُ٠ِنْ بَعْضٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَ٠َا أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ إِنَّ٠َا كُلِّفَ النَّاسُ ثَلاثَةً ٠َّةِ وَالتَّسْلِي٠َا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ وَالرَّدَّ إِلَيْهِ٠َا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ.

They must recognize the Imams, submit to the instructions they have received from the Imams and refer to them in their disputes and differences.” ختلف فيه حسن عندنا - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/278)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)