Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Rare Ahadith in the context · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 107, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) لِمَ سُمِّيَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لانَّهُ يَمِيرُهُمْ الْعِلْمَ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ فِي كِتَابِ الله وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنا. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى قَالَ لانَّ مِيرَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ يَمِيرُهُمُ الْعِلْمَ.

Published English translation

3. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “I asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), ‘Why is he (Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) called Amir al-Mu’minin (commander of the faithful)?” He said, “Because he fed them knowledge. Have you not read in the Holy Quran, “We can buy more provisions with this for our family. .” (12:65)” In another hadith it is said, “Because Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) would feed them knowledge.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور مرسل آخره

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/369)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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