Al-Kāfi 5, narration 113

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter 20(a) - The Excellence of Martyrdom

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Arabic text

7- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سُوَيْدٍ الْقَلانِسِيِّ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ.

Translation

7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from Suwayd al-Qalanisiy from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has said the following: “I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘Which kind of Jihad is more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is the one in which the legs of one’s horse are cut off and his own blood is spilled for the cause of Allah.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated
  2. Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn
  3. Ali ibn al-Nu’man
  4. Suwayd al-Qalanisiy
  5. Sama‘ah
  6. abu Basir who has said the following

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    موثق على الظاهر

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/397)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 288

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