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Hadith 699
Hadith #
699
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
1
Section
53
Part
The Book about people with Divine Authority
Chapter
The Imams are Similar to those before them and the Dislikeability of Calling them Prophets
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
1. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Humran ibn A‘yan who has said that
he asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.) the following. “What is the position of the scholars?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “ It is like Dhul Qarnayn, (see 18:83 – 99 Holy Quran),the companion of Solomon (see 27:40),and the companion of Moses (a.s.) (See 18:65)”
1ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ
قُلْتُ لابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مَا مَوْضِعُ الْعُلَمَاءِ قَالَ مِثْلُ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ وَصَاحِبِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَصَاحِبِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام )
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