Al-Kāfi - The Book of Adjudication and Rules

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Adjudication and Rules Chapter: The Authority to Govern Rests with the Imam Only ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ اتَّقُوا الْحُكُو٠َةَ فَإِنَّ الْحُكُو٠ِ بِالْقَضَاءِ الْعَادِلِ فِي الْ٠ِينَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَوْ وَصِيِّ نَبِيٍّ.

It is for a Prophet or Executor of the will of a Prophet.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/265))