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Shia hadith/Al-Kāfi 4

Al-Kāfi 4, record 317 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Day That Is Doubtful About Its Being of the Month of Sha‘ban or the Month of Ramadan

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Arabic text

7ـ سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ بِالْحِيرَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصِّيَامِ الْيَوْمَ فَقُلْتُ ذَاكَ إِلَى الإِمَامِ إِنْ صُمْتَ صُمْنَا وَإِنْ أَفْطَرْتَ أَفْطَرْنَا فَقَالَ يَا غُلامُ عَلَيَّ بِالْمَائِدَةِ فَأَكَلْتُ مَعَهُ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ وَالله أَنَّهُ يَوْمٌ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَكَانَ إِفْطَارِي يَوْماً وَقَضَاؤُهُ أَيْسَرَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي وَلا يُعْبَدَ الله.

Translation

7. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Rifa’ah from a man who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Once I went to abu al- ‘Abbas in al-Hirah and he asked, “O abu ‘Abd Allah, what do you say about today’s fast?” I replied, “It is up to the Imam to decide; if you fast we also fast, if you do not fast, we also will not fast.” He then said, “O slave, prepare the table.” I ate with him and I knew, by Allah, that it was a day of the month of Ramadan. My not fasting and instead Qada’ (compensatory fast) was easier for me than my neck being cut off and Allah is not worshipped.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 7. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated
  2. Ali ibn al-Hakam
  3. Rifa’ah
  4. a man who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/241)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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