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الكافي- ط الاسلامية

The Book about people with Divine Authority/Each Imam knows the succeeding Imam (a.s.) The words of Allah, the Most High, “Allah commands you to deliver the trust to its people,”(4:58) is a reference to the Imams (a.s.)#6

No. ٦chapter #6vol. 1 · page 277
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أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:

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إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ يَعْرِفُ الْإِمَامَ الَّذِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَيُوصِي إِلَيْهِ.

Read English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn

6. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from (ibn) abu ‘Uthman from al-Mu‘alla ibn Khunays from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following “The Imam (a.s.) knows the succeeding Imam and delivers his will to him.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Hadith gradings

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  • ضعيف على المشهورAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/182)
  • لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi

Citation

الكافي- ط الاسلامية Volume 1, Page 277

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