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Shia hadith/Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 173 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Infallibility of the Imam

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Arabic text

حدثنا علي بن الفضل بن العباس البغدادي - بالري - المعروف بأبي الحسن الحنوطي، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن [أحمد بن] سليمان بن الحارث، قال: حدثنا محمد بن علي بن خلف العطار، قال: حدثنا حسين الأشقر، قال: قلت لهشام بن الحكم: ما معنى قولكم: " إن الامام لا يكون إلا معصوما "؟ فقال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن ذلك فقال: المعصوم هو الممتنع بالله من جميع محارم الله، وقال الله تبارك وتعالى: " ومن يعتصم بالله فقد هدي إلى صراط مستقيم ".

Translation

2. We were told by Ali bin Fadl bin Abbas al-Baghdadi, in Ray, the one known as Abu’l-Hasan al-Hanouti, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Sulayman bin Harith, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ali bin Khalaf al-‘Attar, that he said: We were told by Hussain al-Ashqar, that he said: I said to Hisham bin Hakam: What is the meaning of your saying: «The Imam is not but Infallible»? He said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about that, to which he said. The Infallible is the one who refrains, through Allah, from all the prohibitions of Allah. Verily, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «And he who adheres to Allah, has certainly been guided to a Straight Path.» (3:101)

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 2. We were told by Ali bin Fadl bin Abbas al-Baghdadi, in Ray, the one known as Abu’l-Hasan al-Hanouti
  2. he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Sulayman bin Harith
  3. he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ali bin Khalaf al-‘Attar
  4. he said: We were told by Hussain al-Ashqar
  5. he said: I said to Hisham bin Hakam: What is the meaning of your saying: «The Imam is not but Infallible»? He said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about that, to which he said.

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