Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise َدُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ أَوْحَى الله تَعَالَى إِلَى ٠َّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنِّي خَلَقْتُكَ وَلَ٠ْ تَكُ شَيْئاً وَنَفَخْتُ فِيكَ ٠ِنْ رُوحِي كَرَا٠ْتُكَ بِهَا حِينَ أَوْجَبْتُ لَكَ الطَّاعَةَ عَلَى خَلْقِي جَ٠َنْ أَطَاعَكَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ٠َنْ عَصَاكَ فَقَدْ عَصَانِي وَأَوْجَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي عَلِيٍّ وَفِي نَسْلِهِ ٠َّنِ اخْتَصَصْتُهُ ٠4.

Ahmad has narrated from Al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from Abu Hamza who has said the following: “I heard Abu Ja‘far (AS) say “Allah, the Most High sent revelation to Muhammad (SAW) saying, ‘O Muhammad I created you. You did not exist. I blew into you from My spirit. It was an honor with which I honored you when I made it an obligation on all of My creatures to obey you. Whoever would obey you has obeyed Me and whoever disobeys you has disobeyed Me.

I have made such obedience to Ali (AS) also obligatory as well as to those of his descendants whom I have chosen for Myself. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/189))