Al-Kafi · Hadith 26

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 26

Original Arabic text

26ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ سُلِّمَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِلَى نِحْرِيرٍ فَكَانَ يُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِ وَيُؤْذِيهِ قَالَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ وَيْلَكَ اتَّقِ الله لا تَدْرِي مَنْ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ وَعَرَّفَتْهُ صَلاحَهُ وَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لارْمِيَنَّهُ بَيْنَ السِّبَاعِ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ بِهِ فَرُئِيَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَائِماً يُصَلِّي وَهِيَ حَوْلَهُ.

Published English translation

26. Ail Muhammad has narrated from certain persons of our people saying as follows. “Abu Muhammad (a.s.) was placed under the supervision of a zoo-keeper who would cause constraints suffering to him. He has said that his wife told him, “woe is you, be pious before Allah. Do you not know who is in your house?” She then explained to him the good manners of the Imam (a.s.) and said, “I am afraid for you from him.” He then said, “I can throw him to the beasts.” He inf act, did so and the Imam (a.s.) was seeing standing among them for prayer and the beast circled around him.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/168)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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