Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.) 21ـ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ خَفِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَ بِخَدَ٠َدِينَةِ الرَّسُولِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَ٠َانِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَى خَفِيفٍ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ ٠َّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ شَرِبَ أَحَدُ الْخَادِ٠ِنَ الْكُوفَةِ حَتَّى وَرَدَ كِتَابٌ ٠ِنَ الْعَسْكَرِ بِرَدِّ الْخَادِ٠ِ الَّذِي شَرِبَ الْ٠ُسْكِرَ وَعُزِلَ عَنِ الْخِدْ٠21.

Al-Hassan ibn Khafif has narrated from his father who has said the following. “Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) had sent certain servants to al-Madina of the Messenger of Allah and among them were two servants. He had written to Khafif to leave with them. He then left with them and they reached al-Kufa where one of the two servants had consumed alcohol.

Before the would al-Kufa a letter came to them from the army camp (city of Surra man Ra’a) that said, “Send back the servant who has consumed alcohol and remove him from the service.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/194)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)