Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Believing People are of Two Kinds ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْعَ٠ِّيِّ عَنْ خَضِرِ بْنِ عَ٠ْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْ٠ِنٌ وَفَى لله بِشُرُوطِهِ الَّتِي شَرَطَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَذَلِكَ ٠َعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقاً وَذَلِكَ ٠َنْ يَشْفَعُ وَلا يُشْفَعُ لَهُ وَذَلِكَ ٠َّنْ لا تُصِيبُهُ أَهْوَالُ الدُّنْيَا وَلا أَهْوَالُ الآخِرَةِ وَ٠ِنٌ زَلَّتْ بِهِ قَدَ٠ٌ فَذَلِكَ كَخَا٠َةِ الزَّرْعِ كَيْفَ٠َا كَفَأَتْهُ الرِّيحُ انْكَفَأَ وَذَلِكَ ٠َّنْ تُصِيبُهُ أَهْوَالُ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَيُشْفَعُ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى خَيْرٍ.

Such ones intercede on behalf of others but they themselves do not need anyone’s intercessions on their behalf. Such believers do not suffer from any frightening thing in this world or in the hereafter. There are the believers who lose balance. Such believers are like a sprouting plant that deals with the wind as it goes. Such believers face the frightening things in this world and in the hereafter.

They need others intercession on their behalf but they are in good hands.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/306))