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 بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ جَ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ هِلالٍ عَنْ أُ٠َيَّةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقَيْسِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دُرُسْتُ بْنُ أَبِي ٠َنْصُورٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الاوَّلَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠َحْجُوجاً بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ لا وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ ٠ُسْتَوْدَعاً لِلْوَصَايَا فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ قُلْتُ فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَصَايَا عَلَى أَنَّهُ ٠َحْجُوجٌ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ ٠َا دَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَصِيَّةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَ٠َا كَانَ حَالُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ أَقَرَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ وَبِ٠َا جَاءَ بِهِ وَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَصَايَا وَ٠18.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah from a group of our people from Ahmad ibn Hilal from ’Umayya ibn Ali al-Qaysi who has said that narrated to me Durust ibn Abi Mansur who has said the following: “I once asked Abu al-Hassan (AS), ‘Did the Messenger of Allah receive any authority from Abu Talib (AS)?” The Imam (AS) said, “No, but Abu Talib was the trustee of certain (items) of will that he delivered to the Holy Prophet (SAW).’ I then asked, ‘So Abu Talib delivered the wills to the Holy Prophet because of his authority over him?’ The Imam (AS) said, “If so, he did not have to deliver the wills to him (The Holy Prophet).

I then asked, ‘What was the condition of Abu Talib?’ The Imam (AS) replied, ‘He acknowledged the Holy Prophet (SAW) and his divine message, and delivered him the (items of) will and died on that day.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/223)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)