“My words are the words of my father, and the words of my father are the words of my grandfather, and the words of my grandfather are the words of my great-grandfathers - Hasan and Husayn; and their words are the words of Ali, and the words of Ali are the words of the Prophet of Allah; and the words of the Prophet are the words of Allah.”

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī - The Book of Intellect and Ignorance. Ch.17
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