The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1131 (#Ḥadīth #51)
Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)
51ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله عَنْ قَوْلِ الله تَعَالَى هُنالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لله الْحَقِّ قَالَ وَلايَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (a.s )
51. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Uramah from Ali ibn Hassa’n from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir who has said the following. “I asked abu ‘Abdallah about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. . the human being realizes that it is the truth (God) who is the true Guardian. .” (18:44) The Imam said, “It is the Wilaya of Imam Ali’s (Leadership with Divine Authority).”
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