Al-Kāfi 1, narration 55

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

9ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) رَجُلٌ رَاوِيَةٌ لِحَدِيثِكُمْ يَبُثُّ ذَلِكَ فِي النَّاسِ وَيُشَدِّدُهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَقُلُوبِ شِيعَتِكُمْ وَلَعَلَّ عَابِداً مِنْ شِيعَتِكُمْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الرَّاوِيَةُ لِحَدِيثِنَا يَشُدُّ بِهِ قُلُوبَ شِيعَتِنَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ عَابِدٍ.

Translation

9. Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Sa‘dan ibn Muslim that Mu‘awiya ibn ‘Ammar said: "I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as), 'There is a man who narrates your hadiths, spreads them among people, and ties them to their hearts and the hearts of your Shi'a. Also, there is perhaps a worshipper among your Shi'a who does not have your narrations. Which of the two is better?' He said, 'The one who narrates our hadiths and ties them to the hearts of our Shi'a is better than 1,000 worshippers.'"

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 9. Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad has narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Ishaq
  3. Sa‘dan ibn Muslim
  4. Mu‘awiya ibn ‘Ammar said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول على المشهور

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/108)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, pp. 3, 4

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