Al-Kāfi 8, narration 84

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · A believing person has the chance

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Arabic text

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَفِي فُسْحَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَإِذَا بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مَلَكَيْهِ قَدْ عَمَّرْتُ عَبْدِي هَذَا عُمُراً فَغَلِّظَا وَ شَدِّدَا وَ تَحَفَّظَا وَ اكْتُبَا عَلَيْهِ قَلِيلَ عَمَلِهِ وَ كَثِيرَهُ وَ صَغِيرَهُ وَ كَبِيرَهُ.

Translation

84. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Dawood, from Sayf, from Abu Baseer who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said that: ‘The servant has the opportunity (to seek forgiveness) until he reaches at the age of forty years. So when he reaches at the age of forty years, Allah (azwj) Reveals to His (azwj) two Angels: “I (azwj) have Let My (azwj) servant to get to this age, so stringent and be more strict with him and write down all from little, big, less, more from his deeds.

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 84. Muhammad Bin Yahya
  2. Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa
  3. Ali Bin Al-Hakam
  4. Dawood
  5. Sayf
  6. Abu Baseer who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said that

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/261)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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