Al-Kafi · Hadith 11

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Birth of Abu Ja‘far, Muhammad ibn Ali, the Second (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 122, Hadith 11

Original Arabic text

11ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَنِ الْمُطَرِّفِيِّ قَالَ مَضَى أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَلِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلافِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي ذَهَبَ مَالِي فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِذَا كَانَ غَداً فَأْتِنِي وَلْيَكُنْ مَعَكَ مِيزَانٌ وَأَوْزَانٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ لِي مَضَى أَبُو الْحَسَنِ وَلَكَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلافِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَرَفَعَ الْمُصَلَّى الَّذِي كَانَ تَحْتَهُ فَإِذَا تَحْتَهُ دَنَانِيرُ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيَّ.

Published English translation

11. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali-Hajjal and ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from a man of the people of al-Madina from Ali-Mutrifiy who has said the following. “Abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) passed away and owed my four thousand dirhams. I said to myself, “My money is lost.” Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) sent me a message to come to him the next day and bring with me a balance and weighing stones.” I went to see hiom and he said, “Abu al-Hassan has passed away. Did he owe you four thousand Dirhams?” I said, “Yes, he did.” He then lifted up his prayer rug on which was sitting and there were Dinars and he give them to me.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/108)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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