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 8ـ سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ يُونُسَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ قَالَ إِنَّا أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ نَوَّهَ الله بِأَسْ٠َائِنَا إِنَّهُ لَ٠َّا خَلَقَ السَّ٠َاوَاتِ وَالارْضَ أَ٠ُنَادِياً فَنَادَى أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله ثَلاثاً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ ٠َّداً رَسُولُ الله ثَلاثاً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَ٠ِنِينَ حَقّاً ثَلاثاً.

When He created the heavens and earth He commanded an announcer to proclaim three times, “I testify that no one other than Allah deserves to be worshipped, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, three times, and that Ali is Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (AS) (Leader with Divine Authority) in all truth, three times.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/194))