Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s (the second) عليه السلام Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام

Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 73
Al-Kāfi

Book 4, Chapter 73

Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s (the second) عليه السلام Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام

8ـ أَحْمَدُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) جَالِساً فَدَعَا بِابْنِهِ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَأَجْلَسَهُ فِي حَجْرِي فَقَالَ لِي جَرِّدْهُ وَانْزِعْ قَمِيصَهُ فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِيَ انْظُرْ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا فِي أَحَدِ كَتِفَيْهِ شَبِيهٌ بِالْخَاتَمِ دَاخِلٌ فِي اللَّحْمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ تَرَى هَذَا كَانَ مِثْلُهُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مِنْ أَبِي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام )
8. Ahmad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali From al-Hassan ibn al-Jahm who has said the following. “Once I was in the presence of abu al-Hassan عليه السلام. He called his son who was a small (boy). The Imams عليه السلام placed him in my lap and said to me. “ Move his shirt aside.” When I did so. The Imams عليه السلام said, “Look in between his shoulders.” I look and I found in the skin of one shoulder something like an imprint of a seal.” The Imams عليه السلام then asked, “Do you see this.? Similar to this there was one in the shoulder of my father.”
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