Al-Kāfi 1, narration 72

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter on the Qualities of the Scholars

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Arabic text

7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ يَا طَالِبَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّ لِلْعَالِمِ ثَلاثَ عَلامَاتٍ الْعِلْمَ وَالْحِلْمَ وَالصَّمْتَ وَلِلْمُتَكَلِّفِ ثَلاثَ عَلامَاتٍ يُنَازِعُ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ بِالْمَعْصِيَةِ وَيَظْلِمُ مَنْ دُونَهُ بِالْغَلَبَةِ وَيُظَاهِرُ الظَّلَمَةَ.

Translation

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Ma‘bad from the person whom he mentioned from Mu‘awiya ibn Wahab from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Imam Ali (a.s.), would often say, ‘O seekers of knowledge, (note that) a scholar has three signs: Knowledge, forbearance and quietness. An orator has three signs: He quarrels those higher then him through disobedience. He does injustice to those lower than him in position through domination and he becomes a supporter of the unjust.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ali ibn Ma‘bad
  4. the person whom he mentioned
  5. Mu‘awiya ibn Wahab
  6. abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Imam Ali (a.s.), would often say

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/122)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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