Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s عليه السلام Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah

6. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from au ‘Abdallah عليه السلام who has said the following. “In the hilt of the sword of the the Messenger of Allah there was a small booklet.” The narrator has said that then he asked the Imam عليه السلام, “What did that booklet contain?” The Imam عليه السلام said, “It contained the few letters of which each letter opened a thousand letters. Abu Basir has said that abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام then said, “Until this hour not even two letters have come out (their meanings understood, utilized and practiced).”