Al-Kafi · Hadith 9

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Birth of abu al-Hassan Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 120, Hadith 9

Original Arabic text

9ـ سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الله وَعَبْدُ الله بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُبِضَ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي عَامِ ثَلاثٍ وَثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ وَعَاشَ بَعْدَ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً.

Published English translation

9. Sa‘dibn ‘Abdallah and ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far all have narrated from Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar from his brother Ali ibn Mahziyar from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from abu Basir who has said the following. “Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.) died at the age of fifty five in the year one hundred eighty three. He lived for thirty five years after Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.).”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/70)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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