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Al-Kafi · Hadith 6

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 124, Hadith 6

Original Arabic text

6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْمُطَهَّرِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ سَنَةَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ يُعْلِمُهُ انْصِرَافَ النَّاسِ وَأَنَّهُ يَخَافُ الْعَطَشَ فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) امْضُوا فَلا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ الله فَمَضَوْا سَالِمِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

Published English translation

6. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from abu ‘Abdallah ibn Salih from his father from abu Ali al-Mutahhar the following. “He wrote to him (abu Muhammad (a.s.) in the year of Qadisiyya, the year of draught that forced people to returned home without performing Hajj for fear of thirst. He wrote back in reply, “continue your journey and you will have no fear by the will of Allah.” They continued their journey to Hajj safely and thanks to Allah.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/152)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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