The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams  عليه السلام — report 10

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10ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله أَرْسَلَ مُحَمَّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِلَى الْجِنِّ وَالانْسِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ وَصِيّاً مِنْهُمْ مَنْ سَبَقَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ بَقِيَ وَكُلُّ وَصِيٍّ جَرَتْ بِهِ سُنَّةٌ وَالاوْصِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَلَى سُنَّةِ أَوْصِيَاءِ عِيسَى وَكَانُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ وَكَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَلَى سُنَّةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

10. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from Muhammad ibn al-Fadl from abu Hamza from abu Ja‘far عليه السلام who has said the following “Allah sent Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم to all Jinn and manand appointed twelve executors of the will Of these people are those who have left this world and there are those who will have to complete their task. All the executors of the wills (of the prophets) experience certain traditions, Sunnah. The executors of the will after Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم experienced the traditions, Sunnah of the executor of the will of Jesus who were twelve in number. Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام experienced the tradition of Jesus.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 126, report 10

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/126/10. 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.