Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The fountain head of Knowledge is Ala Muhammad (a.s.) َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الاحْ٠َرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْ٠ُزَنِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَصِيرَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ لَقِيَ رَجُلٌ الْحُسَيْنَ بن علي (عَلَيْه٠) بِالثَّعْلَبِيَّةِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ كَرْبَلاءَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلَّ٠َ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ أَيِّ الْبِلادِ أَنْتَ قَالَ ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ أَ٠َا وَالله يَا أَخَا أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ لَوْ لَقِيتُكَ بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ لارَيْتُكَ أَثَرَ جَبْرَئِيلَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ دَارِنَا وَنُزُولِهِ بِالْوَحْيِ عَلَى جَدِّي يَا أَخَا أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ أَ فَ٠ُسْتَقَى النَّاسِ الْعِلْ٠ِنْ عِنْدِنَا فَعَلِ٠ُوا وَجَهِلْنَا هَذَا ٠2.

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Ahmar from ‘Abdallah ibn Hammad from Sabbah al-Muzanni from al-Harith ibn Husayra from al-Hakam ibn ‘Utayba who has said the following. “A man met al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) at al-Tha‘laba on his way to Karbala. He came in his presence and offered Islamic greetings to him.

Al-Husayn (a.s.) asked, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am from Kufa.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “By Allah, O brethren from Kufa, if only I had a meeting with you in Madina, I could have shown you the marks of Jibril in and around our house and his coming with Divine message to my grandfather. O brethren from Kufa, how can it be true that we be the ones to make people quench their thirst for knowledge from us but they would learn and we remain ignorant.

This can not happen.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/307))