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 َهُ الله عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِي٠ِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَ٠َنَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَ٠ِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ إِلَى آخِرِ الايَةِ قَالَ هُ٠َّدٍ الَّذِينَ إِذَا سَ٠ِعُوا الْحَدِيثَ لَ٠ْ يَزِيدُوا فِيهِ وَلَ٠ِنْهُ جَاءُوا بِهِ كَ٠8.

Ahmad ibn Mihran (may Allah grant him blessings) has narrated from from ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-Hassani from Ali ibn Asbat from Ali ibn ‘Aqaba from al-Hakam ibn Ayman from abu Basir who has said the following. “Once I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious.

“..those of Our servants who listen to the words and only follow the best ones..”.(39:18) The Imam (a.s.) said, “They are those who are submissive to the (commands) of of Muhammad (s.a). It is those who when hearing a hadith do not add anything thereto or omit anything therefrom. They present it just as they have heard.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/284))