Al-Kāfi 2, narration 108

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Contemplation (Thinking)

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Arabic text

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ أَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ إِدْمَانُ التَّفَكُّرِ فِي الله وَفِي قُدْرَتِهِ.

Translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from certain individuals of his people from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘The most virtuous form of worship is thinking about Allah very often and about His power. ’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. A number of our people have narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid
  3. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr
  4. certain individuals of his people
  5. Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل كالصحيح

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/341)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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