Al-Kāfi 5, narration 33

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Recommendations of the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu’minin, about Smaller Armed Expeditions

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Arabic text

5- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلاءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لا يُقَاتِلُ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ وَيَقُولُ تُفَتَّحُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَتُقْبِلُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَيَنْزِلُ النَّصْرُ وَيَقُولُ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَأَجْدَرُ أَنْ يَقِلَّ الْقَتْلُ وَيَرْجِعَ الطَّالِبُ وَيُفْلِتَ الْمُنْهَزِمُ.

Translation

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from Yahya ibn abu al-‘Ala’ who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), would not launch attacks against the enemy until after the declining of the sun toward the west. He would say, ‘At such time the doors of heaven open up, mercy comes forward and victory descends.’ He would also say, ‘Such time is closer to the night, prone to reduced killing, pursuers return and fleeing ones disappear.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ibn Abi ‘Umayr
  4. Aban ibn ‘Uthman
  5. Yahya ibn abu al-‘Ala’ who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن أو موثق

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/354)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 283

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