Al-Kāfi 5, narration 46

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Chapter 9(b)

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Arabic text

4- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ لَسِيرَةُ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ كَانَتْ خَيْراً لِشِيعَتِهِ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ إِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ لِلْقَوْمِ دَوْلَةً فَلَوْ سَبَاهُمْ لَسُبِيَتْ شِيعَتُهُ قُلْتُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْقَائِمِ (عجل الله تعالى فرجه) يَسِيرُ بِسِيرَتِهِ قَالَ لا إِنَّ عَلِيّاً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) سَارَ فِيهِمْ بِالْمَنِّ لِلْعِلْمِ مِنْ دَوْلَتِهِمْ وَإِنَّ الْقَائِمَ عَجَّلَ اللهُ فَرَجَهُ يَسِيرُ فِيهِمْ بِخِلافِ تِلْكَ السِّيرَةِ لأنَّهُ لا دَوْلَةَ لَهُمْ.

Translation

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Isma’if ibn Marrar from Yunus from abu Bakr al-Hadramiy who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘In the ways of the dealings of Ali (a.s.), with the people of al-Basra, the benefit for the Shi ‘ah was greater than all things on which the sun shines. He (a.s.), knew that those people will become dominant. Were he to make them prisoners his followers would have been made prisoners likewise.’ I then asked, ‘Will al-Qa’im (a.s.), deal with people like his dealings?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘No, Ali (a.s.), dealt with them with favors due to his knowledge of their domination. Al-Qa’im will deal with them differently because they will not have any domination.’”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Isma’if ibn Marrar
  4. Yunus
  5. abu Bakr al-Hadramiy who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/361)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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