The Imams are Similar to those before them and the Dislikeability of Calling them Prophets
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 53
Al-Kāfi
Book 4, Chapter 53
The Imams are Similar to those before them and the Dislikeability of Calling them Prophets
5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا مَنْزِلَتُكُمْ وَمَنْ تُشْبِهُونَ مِمَّنْ مَضَى قَالَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى وَذُو الْقَرْنَيْنِ كَانَا عَالِمَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَكُونَا نَبِيَّيْنِ.
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ibn ’Udhayna from Burayd ibn Mu‘awiya who has said that he asked abu Ja‘far and abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام the following. “What is your position? To who of the people of the past do you resemble?” the Imam عليه السلام said, “I resemble the companion of Moses and Dhul Qarnayn who were two scholars but not two prophets.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/158)
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