Al-Kāfi 5, narration 124

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Commanding others what is Obligatory and to Prohibit them from doing Evil

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Arabic text

7- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَى دَاوُدَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ ذَنْبَكَ وَجَعَلْتُ عَارَ ذَنْبِكَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَنْتَ لا تَظْلِمُ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُعَاجِلُوكَ بِالنَّكَرَةِ.

Translation

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Asbat from abu Ishaq al-Khurasaniy from certain persons of his people who has said the following: “He (the Imam) has said, ‘Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, sent revelation to Dawud (David) (a.s.), that said, ‘I forgave your sins and placed the blame thereof on the Israelites.’ He (Dawud) asked, ‘How can that be, O Lord? You do not do injustice. He (the Lord) replied, ‘Because they did not express disappointment for what you had done.’” (This Hadith is addressed to Dawud but it is meant to apply to others. It is one of the cases where the popular expression, ‘I address you O slave-girl, but you, the neighbor woman listen.’)

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ali ibn Asbat
  4. abu Ishaq al-Khurasaniy
  5. certain persons of his people who has said the following: “He (the Imam) has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مرسل

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/404)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Persian rendering (AI)

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