Al-Kāfi 2, narration 22

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Believers as Offspring of Unbelievers

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Arabic text

1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ نُطْفَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَتَكُونُ فِي صُلْبِ الْمُشْرِكِ فَلا يُصِيبُهُ مِنَ الشَّرِّ شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى إِذَا صَارَ فِي رَحِمِ الْمُشْرِكَةِ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا مِنَ الشَّرِّ شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى تَضَعَهُ فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْهُ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ مِنَ الشَّرِّ شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى يَجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَلَمُ.

Translation

1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alia ibn Muhammad from al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from Ali ibn Maysara who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘The seed for a believer may exist in the loins of a pagan and it is not affected by any evil thing until it is transferred into the womb of a pagan woman wherein it is not affected by any evil thing also. Even until his birth it is not affected by any evil thing until the Pen begins writing about him. (He is responsible for his deeds and his fate is determined.)’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated
  2. Mu’alia ibn Muhammad
  3. al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha’
  4. Ali ibn Maysara who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف على المشهور

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/64)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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