Al-Kāfi 4, narration 111

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Providing Benevolent Assistance Repels Wicked Encounters

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Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ إِنَّ صَنَائِعَ الْمَعْرُوفِ تَدْفَعُ مَصَارِعَ السُّوءِ.

Translation

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Yahya from ibn abu al-Mighra’ from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), say, ‘Providing Benevolent Assistance repels wicked encounters.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Muhammad ibn Yahya
  4. ibn abu al-Mighra’
  5. ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), say

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول أو حسن

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/156)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 49

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