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Hadith 766
Hadith #
766
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
1
Section
65
Part
The Book about people with Divine Authority
Chapter
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
6. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from au ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
“In the hilt of the sword of the the Messenger of Allah there was a small booklet.” The narrator has said that then he asked the Imam (a.s.), “What did that booklet contain?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “It contained the few letters of which each letter opened a thousand letters. Abu Basir has said that abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) then said, “Until this hour not even two letters have come out (their meanings understood, utilized and practiced).”
6ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
كَانَ فِي ذُؤَابَةِ سَيْفِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) صَحِيفَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَ فِي تِلْكَ الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ هِيَ الاحْرُفُ الَّتِي يَفْتَحُ كُلُّ حَرْفٍ أَلْفَ حَرْفٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْهَا حَرْفَانِ حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ.
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