Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 359

There is no guidance without A’immah
1 Ḥadīth

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ مَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ يَدِينُ بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عليه السلام) إِلَّا نَحْنُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا وَ لَا هُدِيَ مَنْ هُدِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ إِلَّا بِنَا وَ لَا ضَلَّ مَنْ ضَلَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ إِلَّا بِنَا.


359. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al-Washa, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza who said: I heard Abu Ja’far (a.s) saying: ‘There is no one from this community who has made a Religion for himself with the Religion of Ibrahim (a.s) except for us (a.s), and our (a.s) Shites. And there is none who is upon the guidance who has been guided from this community except by us (a.s), nor has he strayed, the one who has strayed from this community, except due to (opposing) us (a.s)’.