Al-Kafi · Hadith 70

The Book about people with Divine Authority · Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 108, Hadith 70

Original Arabic text

70ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَهُدُوا إِلَى الطَّيِّبِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَهُدُوا إِلى‏ صِراطِ الْحَمِيدِ قَالَ ذَاكَ حَمْزَةُ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَعُبَيْدَةُ وَسَلْمَانُ وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ وَالْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الاسْوَدِ وَعَمَّارٌ هُدُوا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَقَوْلِهِ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الايمانَ وَزَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ يَعْنِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيانَ الاوَّلَ وَالثَّانِيَ وَالثَّالِثَ.

Published English translation

70. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad ibn ’Urama from Ali ibn Hassa’n from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. .for they were guided to speak the noblest words and follow the praiseworthy path.” (22:24) The Imam (a.s.) said, “They were Hamza, ‘Ubayda, Salman, abu Dhar, al-Miqdad ibn al_Aswad and ‘Ammar who were guidedd to Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.). “However, God has endeared the faith to you and has made it attractive to your hearts –meaning thereby Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)) He has made disbelief, evil deeds and disobedience hateful to you. Such people will have the right guidance (meaning thereby the first, the second and the third)” (49:7)

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/87)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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