Al-Kāfi 1, narration 39

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter on the necessity to seek knowledge and the recommendations to learn

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Arabic text

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ.

Translation

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abdallah al-‘Amri that Abu ‘Abdillah (as) said, “Seeking knowledge is obligatory.”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated
  2. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan
  3. Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah
  4. ‘Isa ibn ‘Abdallah al-‘Amri
  5. Abu ‘Abdillah (as) said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/99)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 3

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Persian rendering (AI)

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