What the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 26
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 26

What the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْآدَمِيِّ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْحَرِيشِ الرَّازِيُ‌ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الثَّانِي عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع‌ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‌ إِنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ وَ إِنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ أَمْرُ السَّنَةِ وَ لِذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِ وُلَاةٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ أَنَا وَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ مِنْ صُلْبِي أَئِمَّةٌ مُحَدَّثُونَ‌.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan رضي الله عنه - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Sahl ibn Ziyad Adami and Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa that they said: Narrated to us Hasan bin Abbas Harish ar-Raazi from Abi Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali, the second, from his ancestors عليه السلام that Amirul Momineen عليه السلام said to ibn Abbas: “The grand night (Lailatul Qadr) comes every year. And it is on this night that the commands of Sunnah come down; and after the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم these commands come down to his successors. ibn Abbas asked: Who are those successors? He replied: I am, and after me, the eleven narrating Imams from my progeny [who will narrate traditions from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم].”