Al-Kafi · Hadith 24

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 24

Original Arabic text

24ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَكْفُوفُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ بَعْضِ فَصَّادِي الْعَسْكَرِ مِنَ النَّصَارَى أَنَّ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ يَوْماً فِي وَقْتِ صَلاةِ الظُّهْرِ فَقَالَ لِي افْصِدْ هَذَا الْعِرْقَ قَالَ وَنَاوَلَنِي عِرْقاً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ مِنَ الْعُرُوقِ الَّتِي تُفْصَدُ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مَا رَأَيْتُ أَمْراً أَعْجَبَ مِنْ هَذَا يَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَفْصِدَ فِي وَقْتِ الظُّهْرِ وَلَيْسَ بِوَقْتِ فَصْدٍ وَالثَّانِيَةُ عِرْقٌ لا أَفْهَمُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ انْتَظِرْ وَكُنْ فِي الدَّارِ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى دَعَانِي وَقَالَ لِي سَرِّحِ الدَّمَ فَسَرَّحْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَمْسِكْ فَأَمْسَكْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي كُنْ فِي الدَّارِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ لِي سَرِّحِ الدَّمَ قَالَ فَتَعَجَّبْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَجَبِيَ الاوَّلِ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ قَالَ فَسَرَّحْتُ فَخَرَجَ دَمٌ أَبْيَضُ كَأَنَّهُ الْمِلْحُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ احْبِسْ قَالَ فَحَبَسْتُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ كُنْ فِي الدَّارِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ أَمَرَ قَهْرَمَانَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي ثَلاثَةَ دَنَانِيرَ فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ بَخْتِيشُوعَ النَّصْرَانِيَّ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي وَالله مَا أَفْهَمُ مَا تَقُولُ وَلا أَعْرِفُهُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الطِّبِّ وَلا قَرَأْتُهُ فِي كِتَابٍ وَلا أَعْلَمُ فِي دَهْرِنَا أَعْلَمَ بِكُتُبِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ مِنْ فُلانٍ الْفَارِسِيِّ فَاخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَاكْتَرَيْتُ زَوْرَقاً إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ وَأَتَيْتُ الاهْوَازَ ثُمَّ صِرْتُ إِلَى فَارِسَ إِلَى صَاحِبِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَنْظِرْنِي أَيَّاماً فَأَنْظَرْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مُتَقَاضِياً قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّ هَذَا الَّذِي تَحْكِيهِ عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَعَلَهُ الْمَسِيحُ فِي دَهْرِهِ مَرَّةً.

Published English translation

24. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn al-Husayn who both have said that narrated to us Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Makfuf that Certain persons of our people have narrated from a Christian cupping expert who served in the army the following. “One day at noontime abu Muhammad (a.s.) sent for me at the time of noon prayer and told me to perform cupping on this vein. He showed me a vein that was not know to me as one of the veins used for cupping. I thought to myself, “I have not seen anything more strange than this. To perform cupping at noon time which is not the time for it and on a vein that I do not know.” He then told me, “Wait in the house. When it was evening he called me and said, “Open the vein.” I opened the vein. He said, “Hold it” I held the vein and stopped the blood.” He then told me to remain in the house. At might night he called me and said to open the vein. He has said that it increased my astonishment, but I did not like to ask him. I opened the vein and white blood like salt came out. He has said that he told me to stop it and I stopped it. He has said that he told me to remain in the house. In the morning he ordered his clerk to pay me three Dinars. I took the Dinars and left. I then went to see Bakhtishu‘ who was a Christian and told him the whole story. The narrator has said that he said, “By Allah, I do not understand what you say and I do not know anything about medicine. I have not read any such thing in the books. I do not know anyone more knowledgeable in Christianity than so and so, a Persian man. Go to him” He has said that I then hire a boat and went to Basra then to Ahwaz and to Persia to the man I was looking for. I explained to him the story. He has said that he asked me to give him time. I waited for few days and then went to him for an answer. He said, “What you say this man did is something that Jesus had done only once in his life.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/165)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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