Al-Kāfi 1, narration 50

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter on the quality of knowledge its virtue and the virtue of the scholars

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Arabic text

4ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ الْكَمَالُ كُلُّ الْكَمَالِ التَّفَقُّهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَالصَّبْرُ عَلَى النَّائِبَةِ وَتَقْدِيرُ الْمَعِيشَةِ.

Translation

4. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Rab‘i ibn ‘Abdallah from a man that Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir) (as) said: 'The most perfect of all perfection is a good understanding of religion, exercising patience during affliction and setting up of means of living.'

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 4. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated
  2. Fadl ibn Shadhan
  3. Hammad ibn ‘Isa
  4. Rab‘i ibn ‘Abdallah
  5. a man
  6. Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir) (as) said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/106)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Persian rendering (AI)

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