Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.) 18ـ وَبِهَذَا الاسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠ِنْ وُلْدِيَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ نَقِيباً نُجَبَاءُ ٠ْلاهَا عَدْلاً كَ٠18.

Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Sa‘id in a marfu‘ manner from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “The Messenger of Allah has said, “From my descendants there will be twelve noble supervisors, who are (Muhaddathun) persons to whom angles speak and very intelligent.

The last of them will be Al-Qa’im (the one who will rise with Divine Authority) and with truth who will fill the earth with justice after being filled with injustice.” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/233)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)