Al-Kafi · Hadith 19

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 19

Original Arabic text

19ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سَلامٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِالله وَما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنا قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ عَلِيّاً (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَفَاطِمَةَ وَالْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ وَجَرَتْ بَعْدَهُمْ فِي الائِمَّةِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ الْقَوْلُ مِنَ الله فِي النَّاسِ فَقَالَ فَإِنْ آمَنُوا يَعْنِي النَّاسَ بِمِثْلِ ما آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ يَعْنِي عَلِيّاً وَفَاطِمَةَ وَالْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ وَالائِمَّةَ (عليهم السلم) فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوْا وَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّما هُمْ فِي شِقاقٍ.

Published English translation

19. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Alhossayn ibn Mahbub from Muhammad ibn al-Ni‘man from Salam from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most High. “(Muslims), say, “We believe in God and what He has revealed to us. .” The Imam (a.s.) said, “This is primarily addressed to Ali, Fatima, al-Hassan and al-Husayn (a.s.) and thereafter to the Imams (a.s.). Then the words of Allah “. . If they (refer to people) have faith, in all that you (Ali, Fatima, al-Hassan and al-Husayn (a.s.) believe, they will have the right guidance, but if they turn away, it would be for no reason other than their own malice. . .” (2:137)

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/5)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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