Al-Kāfi 6, narration 20

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Excellence of Daughters

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Arabic text

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) نِعْمَ الْوَلَدُ الْبَنَاتُ مُلْطِفَاتٌ مُجَهِّزَاتٌ مُونِسَاتٌ مُبَارَكَاتٌ مُفَلِّيَاتٌ .

Translation

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah (saww) has said, ‘The best of children are daughters, who are kind, serving, comforting, blessed and nursing (their parents).”’

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. al-Nawfali
  4. al-Sakuni who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said
  5. the Messenger of Allah (saww) has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/12)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Persian rendering (AI)

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