Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Rare Ahadith in the context 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ الْقَزَّازِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ لِ٠ِنِينَ قَالَ الله سَ٠َّاهُ وَهَكَذَا أَنْزَلَ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ ٠ْ عَلى‏ أَنْفُسِهِ٠ْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُ٠َّداً رَسُولِي وَأَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from ya‘qub ibn Yazid from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from abu al-Rabi‘ al-Qazzaz from Jabir who has said the following.

“I asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Why is he (Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) is called Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.)?” He said, “Allah has given him this name and as such it has come in His book, “When your Lord asked all the offspring of Adam (before their birth), “Am I not your Lord?” All of them testified and bore witness to their testimony that on the Day of Judgment they would not say, “We were not aware of this (fact),.” (7:172) that Muhammad is My messenger and Ali is Amir al-Mu’minin (commander of the faithful).” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/370))