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Al-Kafi · Hadith 21

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 21

Original Arabic text

21ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله الْحُسَيْنِ الصَّغِيرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلامَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي قَدْ حَرَّمْتُ النَّارَ عَلَى صُلْبٍ أَنْزَلَكَ وَبَطْنٍ حَمَلَكَ وَحَجْرٍ كَفَلَكَ فَالصُّلْبُ صُلْبُ أَبِيكَ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَالْبَطْنُ الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ فَ‏آمِنَةُ بِنْتُ وَهْبٍ وَأَمَّا حَجْرٌ كَفَلَكَ فَحَجْرُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ أَسَدٍ.

Published English translation

21. Ahmad b. Idris has narrated from al-Husayn b. ‘Ubaydallah from Abu ‘Abdallah al-Husayn al-Saghir from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari from Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Umar ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah from Ya’qub ibn Yazid from Ibn Fadhal from certain persons of his people from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “Once Jibrail came to the Holy Prophet (SAW) and said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah offers you greetings and says, ‘I have prohibited the fire to harm the man and woman who carried your seed and the man whose lap provided you protection and guardianship. The man who carried your seed is ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and the woman whose womb carried you is ’Amina daughter of Wahab and the man whose lap provided you protection and guardianship is Abu Talib.’ <br> In the hadith of Ibn Fadhal it says “… and Fatima daughter of Asad.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: سنده الول مجهول والثاني مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/232)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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