Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: All the Imams (a.s.) rise for and with authority of Allah, the Most High and guide to Him Allah َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَ٠ُّونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ الْبَطَلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َ نَدْعُوا كُلَّ أُناسٍ بِإِ٠ُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِ٠3.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Shammun from ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim al-Batal from ‘Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said the following.

“I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of, ‘On the day when We will call every nation with her Imam (leader)..” (17:71) The Imam (a.s.) said, “It refers to the Imam who is with them and he is al-Qa’im of the people of that time.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/242))