Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority) 7ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ ٠ُثَنًّى عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَجْلانَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُ٠ْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلا الْ٠َوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى‏ قَالَ هُ٠7.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Asha‘ari from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from al-Muthanna from Zurara from ‘Abdallah ibn al-‘Ajlan from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the most High. “(Muhammad), say, “I do not ask you for any payment for my preaching to you except (your) love of(my near) relatives...” (42:23).

The Imam (a.s.) said, “They (the relatives) are the Imams.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/5)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)