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Shia hadith/Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 258 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Path of Allah

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Arabic text

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين عن محمد بن سنان، عن عمار بن مروان، عن المنخل، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سألته عن هذه الآية في قول الله عز وجل: " ولئن قتلتم في سبيل الله أو متم " قال: فقال: أتدري ما سبيل الله؟ قال: قلت: لا والله إلا أن أسمعه منك. قال: سبيل الله [هو] علي عليه السلام وذريته، [وسبيل الله] من قتل في ولايته قتل في سبيل الله، ومن مات في ولايته ماتفي سبيل الله.

Translation

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Hussain, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Ammar bin Marwan, from Munkhil, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: I asked him about this verse in the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And if you are killed in the Path of Allah, or die» (3:157). He said: Then he said: Do you know what the Path of Allah is? He said: I said: No, by Allah, except that I hear it from you. He said: The Path of Allah is Ali, peace be upon him, and his offspring. With regards to the Path of Allah, the one who is killed (for the sake of- and whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, is killed in the Path of Allah, and the one who dies (whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, dies in the Path of Allah.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah
  2. Muhammed bin Hussain
  3. Muhammed bin Sinan
  4. Ammar bin Marwan
  5. Munkhil
  6. Jabir
  7. Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him
  8. he said

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