Al-Kafi · Hadith 10

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 113, Hadith 10

Original Arabic text

10ـ عَبْدُ الله بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الله جَمِيعاً عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ وُلِدَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بَعْدَ مَبْعَثِ رَسُولِ الله بِخَمْسِ سِنِينَ وَتُوُفِّيَتْ وَلَهَا ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَخَمْسَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ يَوْماً.

Published English translation

10. ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far and Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah together have narrated from Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar from his brother, Ali ibn Mahziyar from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Habib al-Sajistani who has said the following. “I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.) say, “Fatima, daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a) was born five years after the proclaimed to be the Messenger of Allah and she passed away when she was eighteen years and seventy five days old.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/311)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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