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Shia hadith/Al-Kāfi 5

Al-Kāfi 5, record 172 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In Search For One’s Sustenance To Follow In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam

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Arabic text

3- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأعْلَى مَوْلَى آلِ سَامٍ قَالَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي بَعْضِ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ حَالُكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَقَرَابَتُكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَأَنْتَ تُجْهِدُ لِنَفْسِكَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ الأعْلَى خَرَجْتُ فِي طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ لأسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْ مِثْلِكَ.

Translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ‘Abd Allah al-Dihqan from Durust from ‘Abd al-A’la’, Mawla’ Ale Sam who has said the following: “I once came face to face with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), in one of the streets of al-Madinah on a very hot summer day. I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, you have a prominent position before Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and you are of very close relatives of the Messenger of Allah and you are (not to be) striving in a day like this.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘O ‘Abd al-‘A‘la’, I came out in search for my sustenance so that I would not need to spread my hands before you (your fellow) humankind for help.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3. A number of our people have narrated
  2. Sahl ibn Ziyad
  3. ‘Abd Allah al-Dihqan
  4. Durust
  5. ‘Abd al-A’la’, Mawla’ Ale Sam who has said the following

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/17)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Published in Arabic as the scholar wrote it. No reviewed English rendering exists yet.

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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