Al-Kāfi 8, record 216 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Question of a Man from Abu Ja’afar, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

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Arabic text

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) فَذَكَرْنَا مَا أَحْدَثَ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهِمْ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ اسْتِذْلَالَهُمْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فَأَيْنَ كَانَ عِزُّ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَدَدِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) وَ مَنْ كَانَ بَقِيَ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِنَّمَا كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ وَ حَمْزَةُ فَمَضَيَا وَ بَقِيَ مَعَهُ رَجُلَانِ ضَعِيفَانِ ذَلِيلَانِ حَدِيثَا عَهْدٍ بِالْإِسْلَامِ عَبَّاسٌ وَ عَقِيلٌ وَ كَانَا مِنَ الطُّلَقَاءِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ حَمْزَةَ وَ جَعْفَراً كَانَا بِحَضْرَتِهِمَا مَا وَصَلَا إِلَى مَا وَصَلَا إِلَيْهِ وَ لَوْ كَانَا شَاهِدَيْهِمَا لَأَتْلَفَا نَفْسَيْهِمَا.

Translation

216. Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Sudeyr who said: We were in the presence of Abu Ja’far (AS), so we mentioned what the people had done after their Prophet (sw), and their humiliating Amir-ul-Momineen (AS). So a man from the people said, ‘May Allah keep you well, so where were the strong ones of the Clan of Hashim (AS) and what was their number?’ So Abu Ja’far (AS) said: ‘And from those ones of the Clan of Hashim (as) that remained were Ja’far (as) and Hamza (as) who had passed away (martyred), and there remained with them two men who were weak, disgraceful, new ones in the era of Al-Islam, Abbas and Aqeel who were from the freed ones. By Allah! If Hamza (as) and Ja’far (as) were present among them, they would not have achieved what they achieved. And had they seen them (as) two, they would not have damaged themselves’.

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 216. Muhammad Bin yahya
  2. Ahmad Bin Muhammad
  3. Al-Husayn Bin Saeed
  4. Ali Bin Al-No’man
  5. Abdullah Bin Muskaan
  6. Sudeyr who said: We were in the presence of Abu Ja’far (AS)

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/83)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 393

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