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Shia hadith/Al-Kāfi 4

Al-Kāfi 4, record 281 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Prohibition of Saying ‘Ramadan’ Instead of the ‘Month of Ramadan’

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Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلاَم) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ لا تَقُولُوا رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لا تَدْرُونَ مَا رَمَضَانُ.

Translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Yahya al- Khath’amiy form Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah, has narrated from his father (a.s.), who has said that ’Amir al- Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘Do not say, “Ramadan.” Say the month of Ramadan; you do not know what Ramadan is.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn
  3. Muhammad ibn Yahya al- Khath’amiy form Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah, has narrated
  4. his father (a.s.), who has said
  5. ’Amir al- Mu’minin (a.s.), has said

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    موثق

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/212)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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