Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: The Excellence of Friday and its Night 2ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْ٠ُعَةِ نَزَلَ الْ٠ِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَأَقْلاَ٠ِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَيَجْلِسُونَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْ٠َسْجِدِ عَلَى كَرَاسِيَّ ٠ِنْ نُورٍ فَيَكْتُبُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى ٠ُ الأوَّلَ وَالثَّانِيَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الإِ٠ُ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الإِ٠ُ طَوَوْا صُحُفَهُ٠ْ وَلاَ يَهْبِطُونَ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ ٠ِ إِلاَّ فِي يَوْ٠ُعَةِ يَعْنِي الْ٠2.

It is a narration from him (narrator of previous Hadith) by Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn al- Suwayd from ’Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Hafs al-Bakhtariy from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘On Fridays, prominent angels come down with paper of silver and pens of gold and sit on the doors of Masjids on chairs of light and write people according to their grades such as first, second...

until the Imam (prayer leader) comes out. When he comes out they (angels) roll up their pages and do not descend again until next Friday.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/339))