The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams عليه السلام
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 64
Al-Kāfi
Book 4, Chapter 64
The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams عليه السلام
5 ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ هَارون بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِساً فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ حَدِّثْنِي عَنْ وَلايَةِ عَلِيٍ أَ مِنَ الله أَوْ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ فَغَضِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَخْوَفَ لله مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُ بِهِ الله بَلِ افْتَرَضَهُ كَمَا افْتَرَضَ الله الصَّلاةَ وَالزَّكَاةَ وَالصَّوْمَ وَالْحَجَّ
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindi from Ja’far ibn Bashir from Harun ibn Kharija that Abu Basir who has said the following: “Once I was with Abu Ja’far عليه السلام at a session, when a man asked him, ’Please speak to me about the wilaya (divine authority) of Ali عليه السلام, whether it is from Allah or from His Messenger?’ The Imam who seemed angry said: ’Fie upon you! The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was more fearing of Allah than that he should say what he was not commanded by Allah. Indeed, He decreed it (The divine authority of Ali عليه السلام) just as he decreed prayer, zakat, fasting and hajj to be obligatory.'"
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/259)
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