Aspects of the Knowledge of the Imams عليه السلام
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 50
1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ السَّائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الاوَّلِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ مَبْلَغُ عِلْمِنَا عَلَى ثَلاثَةِ وُجُوهٍ مَاضٍ وَغَابِرٍ وَحَادِثٍ فَأَمَّا الْمَاضِي فَمُفَسَّرٌ وَأَمَّا الْغَابِرُ فَمَزْبُورٌ وَأَمَّا الْحَادِثُ فَقَذْفٌ فِي الْقُلُوبِ وَنَقْرٌ فِي الاسْمَاعِ وَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ عِلْمِنَا وَلا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّنَا.
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Ismail from his uncle Hamza ibn Bazi' from Ali al-Sa'i from Abu al-Hasan al-Awwal, Musa Ibn Ja'far عليه السلام, who said: "The extent of our knowledge is based on three categories: past, present, and future. As for the past, it is explained; as for the present, it is recorded; and as for the future, it is a whisper in the hearts and a knocking in the ears, and this is the best of our knowledge. There is no prophet after our prophet."
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/136)
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