Al-Kāfi 5, narration 48

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

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Arabic text

1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ فَرَّ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ فِي الْقِتَالِ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ فَقَدْ فَرَّ وَمَنْ فَرَّ مِنْ ثَلاثَةٍ فِي الْقِتَالِ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ فَلَمْ يَفِرَّ.

Translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Mahbub from al-Hassan ibn Salih who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would say, ‘If one, when advancing against the enemy after facing two men, flees, he is considered fleeing; however one who in such condition on facing three men flees, he is not considered fleeing. 5 ”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa
  3. ibn Mahbub
  4. al-Hassan ibn Salih who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would say

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/362)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 284

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