Hadith 1040
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1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub who has said that
Yahya ibn ‘Abdallah abu al-Hassan the companion of al-Daylam narrated to us and who has said the following. “Once I heard Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) say while a group of people of Kufa was present before him, “It is very strange of the people. They have received their knowledge from the Messenger of Allah. They have followed such knowledge and found guidance but they think that his Ahl al-Bayt (members of his family) have not received his knowledge. We are his Ahl al-Bayt (members of his family) and his descendants. In our house Divine inspiration came down and from us knowledge came out to them. Do they think that they have learned and found guidance but we remained ignorant and lost. This, certainly, is not possible.”
1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الله أَبِي الْحَسَنِ صَاحِبُ الدَّيْلَمِ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) يَقُولُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَجَباً لِلنَّاسِ أَنَّهُمْ أَخَذُوا عِلْمَهُمْ كُلَّهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَعَمِلُوا بِهِ وَاهْتَدَوْا وَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عِلْمَهُ وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَزَلَ الْوَحْيُ وَمِنْ عِنْدِنَا خَرَجَ الْعِلْمُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَ فَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلِمُوا وَاهْتَدَوْا وَجَهِلْنَا نَحْنُ وَضَلَلْنَا إِنَّ هَذَا لَمُحَالٌ.
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