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Shia hadith/Al-Kāfi 1

Al-Kāfi 1, narration 96

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity

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Arabic text

3ـ وَبِهَذَا الاسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ زَكَاةُ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ تُعَلِّمَهُ عِبَادَ الله.

Translation

3. Through the same chain of narrators he has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Nadr from ‘Amr and ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Zakat, the tax, on knowledge is teaching it to the servants of Allah.”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. Through the same chain of narrators he has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ahmad ibn Nadr
  4. ‘Amr and ibn Shimr
  5. Jabir
  6. abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following.

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/135)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Persian rendering (AI)

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