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Shia hadith/Al-Kāfi 1

Al-Kāfi 1, record 292 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter On Attribute Of Essence (Sifat al-DhDhat) Of Allah

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Arabic text

3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْكَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي دُعَاءٍ الْحَمْدُ لله مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ لا تَقُولَنَّ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِعِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهًى وَلَكِنْ قُلْ مُنْتَهَى رِضَاهُ‏.

Translation

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan ibn Yahya from al-Kahili who said: "I wrote to Abu al-Hasan (al-Kadhim) (as) with a supplication containing, 'Praise be to God to the extent of His knowledge', so he wrote back to me saying: Do not say 'the extent of His knowledge,' for His knowledge has no end. Rather, say, 'the extent of His pleasure.'"

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated
  2. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn
  3. Safwan ibn Yahya
  4. al-Kahili who said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/10)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Published in Arabic as the scholar wrote it. No reviewed English rendering exists yet.

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 15

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