Al-Kāfi 4, record 271 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Excellence of the Month of Ramadan

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Arabic text

2ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْمِسْمَعِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يُوصِي وُلْدَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ فَاجْهَدُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ تُقَسَّمُ الأَرْزَاقُ وَتُكْتَبُ الآجَالُ وَفِيهِ يُكْتَبُ وَفْدُ الله الَّذِينَ يَفِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَفِيهِ لَيْلَةٌ الْعَمَلُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ.

Translation

2. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from al-Misma‘iy who has heard the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), giving advice to his children in the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The Imam said, ‘Make yourselves to work hard; in it (month of Ramadan), sustenance is distributed and the duration of lives is written down. During this month, it is decided who should join the delegation before Allah. In it, there is a night when one good deed is better than a good deed for one thousand months.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 2. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated
  2. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar
  3. Safwan
  4. Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar
  5. al-Misma‘iy who has heard the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), giving advice to his children in the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The Imam said

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    موثق على الظاه ر

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/206)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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