Al-Kafi · Hadith 8

The Book about people with Divine Authority · Giving Charge of the Religious matters to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.) and to the Imams (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 52, Hadith 8

Original Arabic text

8ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي نَوَادِرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) لا وَالله مَا فَوَّضَ الله إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ إِلا إِلَى رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَإِلَى الائِمَّةِ قَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِما أَراكَ الله وَهِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فِي الاوْصِيَاءِ (عَلَيْهم السَّلام )

Published English translation

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan who has said the following. “I found in the Nawadir (works) of Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from ‘Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said that abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said the following. “No, I swear by Allah, that He has no made anyone of His creatures the in charge except the Messenger of Allah and the Imams (a.s.). Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “ We have sent down to you the Book with the truth, so that you may judge between the people by that which Allah has shown you (4:105) and it is continued to be valid and in full force with the executors of his will.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/154)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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