Al-Kāfi 4, narration 47

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives

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Arabic text

11ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلاَم) إِذَا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَ غَادِياً فِي طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ فَقَالَ أَتَصَدَّقُ لِعِيَالِي قِيلَ لَهُ أَ تَتَصَدَّقُ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْحَلالَ فَهُوَ مِنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَيْهِ.

Translation

11. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), would go out early every morning to earn a living. If people asked, ‘Where are you going, O great grandson of the Holy Prophet?’ He replied, ‘I want to give charity to my family.’ People then asked, ‘Is it charity?’ He then replied, ‘One who earns in lawful way; his earnings are Allah’s charity for him.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 11. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ibn Abi ‘Umayr
  4. ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/138)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 45

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