Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book about people with Divine Authority · Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 108, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ الْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الامِينُ عَلى‏ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ بِلِسانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ قَالَ هِيَ الْوَلايَةُ لامِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام )

Published English translation

1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from certain persons of our people from Hanan ibn Sadir from Salim al-Hannat who has said the following. “I aske abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Explain to me the meaning of this verse of the Holy Quran. “This, (Quran), is certainly the revelation from the Lord of the Universe (26:192). It has been revealed through the trustworthy Spirit (26:193) to your heart, so that you will warn (the people of the dangers of disobeying God) (26:194). It has been revealed in plain Arabic.” (26:195) The Imam (a.s.) said, “It refers to Leadership with Divine Authority of Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.).”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/5)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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