Book 4, Chapter #108


Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)

Ḥadīth #20

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20ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَجْلانَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (a.s) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِإِبْراهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ وَهذَا النَّبِيُّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا﴾ قَالَ: هُمُ الائِمَّةُ (عَلَيْهم السَّلام) وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ.

20. Al-Husayn b. Muhammad from Mu'alla b. Muhammad from Al-Washaa from Muthanna from Abdullah b. Ajlan from Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir) (a.s) regarding His saying: «Indeed, the closest people to Ibrahim are those who followed him, and this prophet and those who believed» (3:67). He said: "They are the Imams and their followers."