Al-Kāfi 2, narration 27

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Coloring (referred to in the Holy Quran) Is Islam

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Arabic text

3ـ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صِبْغَةَ الله وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الله صِبْغَةً قَالَ الصِّبْغَةُ هِيَ الإسْلامُ وَقَالَ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِالله فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقى‏ قَالَ هِيَ الإيمَانُ.

Translation

3. Hamid ibn Ziyad has narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a from more than one person from Aban from Muhammad ibn Muslim from one of them (a.s.) who has said the following: “About the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, ‘. . . It is the coloring of Allah. Who has a better color than Allah’s color?’ (2:138), the Imam said, ‘Color stands for al-lslam, the religion.’ He, about the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, also said, ‘Whoever then rejects the Taghut (falsehood) and establishes belief in Allah he, thus, has established his grasp securely with the strongest grip...,’ The Imam said, "It (strongest grip) means belief.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. Hamid ibn Ziyad has narrated
  2. Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a
  3. more than one person
  4. Aban
  5. Muhammad ibn Muslim
  6. one of them (a.s.) who has said the following

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل كالموثق

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/70)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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