Al-Kafi · Hadith 74

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 74

Original Arabic text

74ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَشِيدٍ قَالَ الْبِئْرُ الْمُعَطَّلَةُ الامَامُ الصَّامِتُ وَالْقَصْرُ الْمَشِيدُ الامَامُ النَّاطِقُ. وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مِثْلَهُ.

Published English translation

74. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ali ibn Muhammad have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Musa ibn al-Qasim al-Bajaliy from Ali ibn Ja‘far from his brother Musa (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. . their lofty mansions, all were toppled and their wells were left idle.” (22:45) The Imam (a.s.) said, “The abandoned well and idle well refers to the silent Imam and lofty mansion refers to the speaking Imam.” Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated a similar hadith from al-‘Amrakifm Ali ibn Ja‘far from abu al-Hassan (a.s.).

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/91)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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