Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 111, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَخِي حَمَّادٍ الْكَاتِبِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) سَيِّدَ وُلْدِ آدَمَ فَقَالَ كَانَ وَالله سَيِّدَ مَنْ خَلَقَ الله وَمَا بَرَأَ الله بَرِيَّةً خَيْراً مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه )

Published English translation

1. Muhammad b. Yahya has narrated from Ahmad b. Muhammad from Ibn Fadhal from ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad, son of the brother of Hammad al-Katib from Al-Husayn b. ‘Abdallah who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdallah (AS), ‘Was the Messenger of Allah the master of the children of Adam?’ The Imam (AS) said, ‘By Allah, he was the master of all whom Allah has created. Allah has not created any creature better than Muhammad (SAW).”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/175)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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