Al-Kāfi 5, narration 95

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Virtue of Maintaining Horses, Racing and Sharp Shooting Contests

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Arabic text

14- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لا سَبَقَ إِلا فِي خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ أَوْ نَصْلٍ يَعْنِي النِّضَالَ.

Translation

14. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Contest is permissible only in racing animals with Khuf (feet like camel) or Hafir (with feet like horses and the like) and in sharp-shooting.”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 14. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. Ibn Abi ‘Umayr
  4. Hafs who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/390)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 286

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