JAFR

al-Jafr is a book which Imam 'Ali inherited from the Prophet. It contains knowledge of past and future events. According to al-Hasan al-Saffar (who wrote before Kulayni - his book is entitled Basa'ir al-Darajat) there are 2 types of Jafr - the white and red jafr The white (abyaz) jafr contains the previous scriptures e.g. the psalms, Torah and Injil and even the scrolls (suhuf) of Abraham. The red (ahmar) jafr is a leather bag which contains the weapons of the Prophet. Both types of jafr have been successively passed on to the 12th Imam (May Allah hasten his reappearance)