Al-Kāfi 4, narration 59

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Undesirability of Turning Away One Asking for Help

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Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لا تَقْطَعُوا عَلَى السَّائِلِ مَسْأَلَتَهُ فَلَوْلا أَنَّ الْمَسَاكِينَ يَكْذِبُونَ مَا أَفْلَحَ مَنْ رَدَّهُمْ.

Translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from af-Husayn ibn Yazid af-Nawfafiy from Isma‘il ibn abu Ziyad al-Sakuniy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ’You must not cutoff one asking for help; even if such people lie, the person turning them away (empty handed) does not prosper.”’

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. af-Husayn ibn Yazid af-Nawfafiy
  4. Isma‘il ibn abu Ziyad al-Sakuniy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/142)

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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