The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority)  عليه السلام — report 21

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21ـ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ خَفِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَ بِخَدَمٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ الرَّسُولِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَمَعَهُمْ خَادِمَانِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَى خَفِيفٍ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمْ فَخَرَجَ مَعَهُمْ فَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ شَرِبَ أَحَدُ الْخَادِمَيْنِ مُسْكِراً فَمَا خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ حَتَّى وَرَدَ كِتَابٌ مِنَ الْعَسْكَرِ بِرَدِّ الْخَادِمِ الَّذِي شَرِبَ الْمُسْكِرَ وَعُزِلَ عَنِ الْخِدْمَةِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

21. Al-Hassan ibn Khafif has narrated from his father who has said the following. “Imam al-Mahdi عليه السلام had sent certain servants to al-Madina of the Messenger of Allah and among them were two servants. He had written to Khafif to leave with them. He then left with them and they reached al-Kufa where one of the two servants had consumed alcohol. Before the would al-Kufa a letter came to them from the army camp (city of Surra man Ra’a) that said, “Send back the servant who has consumed alcohol and remove him from the service.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 125, report 21

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · مجهول · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/194)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/125/21. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.