Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 452

Any banner raised before...
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عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ كُلُّ رَايَةٍ تُرْفَعُ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ الْقَائِمِ فَصَاحِبُهَا طَاغُوتٌ يُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.


452. From him, from Ahmad bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn bin Saeed, from Hammad bin Isa, from Al-Husayn bin Al-Mukhtar, from Abu Basir, who has narrated the following: "Abu Abdullah (a.s) having said ‘Every banner that is raised before the rising of Al-Qaim (a.s), so its owner is a tyrant who worships someone apart from Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic.'"