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

9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Shabab al-Sayrafi fromYunus ibn Ribat who has said that once he and Kamil al-Tammar went to see abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام. Kamil said to the Imam عليه السلام, “‘May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, there is a hadith which so and so son of so and so has narrated.” The Imam عليه السلام said, “Say and read it.” He (Kamil) then said, “He so and so narrated to me that the Holy Prophet narrated a thousand chapter to Ali on the day the Messenger of Allah died. Each of those chapters open a thousand chapter. The total becomes a Million chapter.” The Imam عليه السلام said, “That is how it happened.” I then said, “‘May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, has this become manifest to your followers and those who love you?” The Imam عليه السلام said, “O Kamil, only one or two chapters may have become so.” Kamil has said that the Imam عليه السلام then said, “You perhaps may not be able to narrate all our excellence and virtues. You do not narrate from our excellence and virtue but only a scattered thousand.”