Al-Kāfi 4, narration 78

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Unpleasantness of Begging

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Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَسُؤَالَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّهُ ذُلٌّ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَفَقْرٌ تُعَجِّلُونَهُ وَحِسَابٌ طَوِيلٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

Translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from al-Husayn ibn Hammad from the one who had heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), say the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Never beg people for financial help; it is humiliation in this world, a poverty that you make it to approach you quickly and on the Day of Judgment presentation of accounts for it will keep you much longer.’”

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. Ibn Abi ‘Umayr
  4. al-Husayn ibn Hammad
  5. the one who had heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), say the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/147)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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