Al-Kafi vol 1

Dawud al-Himar from ibn abu Ya‘fur who has said the following. "I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.
s.) say, ‘On the Day of Judgment Allah will not speak to them, He will not purify them and
for them there will be painful suffering. He said it three time. (He added) they are those who
claim to be the Imam with Divine authority and, in fact, he is not so, those who reject the
Imam who possesses Divine authority and those who think that the two has a share in Islam."
H 962, Ch. 85, h 5
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Sinan from Yahya
brother of ’daym from al-Walid ibn Subayh who has said the following. "I heard abu
‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, "No one claims this matter (Leadership with Divine Authority) other
than one who possesses Divine authority except that Allah will cut his life short."
H 963, Ch. 85, h 6
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Muhammad ibn
Sinan from Talha ibn Yazid from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "Whoever
would share the leadership of a Lead with Divine Authority without Divine authority is a
polytheist."
H 964, Ch. 85, h 7
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn
’Isma‘il from Mansur ibn Yunus from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. "I
said to abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), "A man said to me, "You must know the last of the Imams and it
does not matter if you would not know the first of the Imams." The narrator has said that the
Imam (a.s.) said, "May Allah condemn this. I am angry with him and I do not know him. How
can the last Imam be recognized except through the first Imam?"
H 965, Ch. 85, h 9
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn mmd from Muhammad ibn Jumhur
from Safwan from ibn Maskan who has said the following. "I the Shaykh (Musa al-Kazim (a.
s.) about the Imams. He said, ‘Whoever would reject any of the living Imams he has rejected
the Imams who have passed away also."
H 966, Ch. 85, h 9
A number of our people has narrated Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Sa‘id from
Wahab from mmd ibn Mansur who has said the following. "I asked (the Imam (a.s.) about the
words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, ‘When (The faithless) commit indecent
acts they say, "We found our fathers doing this and God has commanded us to do the