Al-Kafi · Hadith 4

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 126, Hadith 4

Original Arabic text

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الله بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ الطَّيَّارِ يَقُولُ كُنَّا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنَا وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ وَعَبْدُ الله بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَعُمَرُ ابْنُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فَجَرَى بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَلامٌ فَقُلْتُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَقُولُ أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ أَخِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَإِذَا اسْتُشْهِدَ عَلِيٌّ فَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ ابْنِيَ الْحُسَيْنُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَإِذَا اسْتُشْهِدَ فَابْنُهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَسَتُدْرِكُهُ يَا عَلِيُّ ثُمَّ ابْنُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَسَتُدْرِكُهُ يَا حُسَيْنُ ثُمَّ يُكَمِّلُهُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ إِمَاماً تِسْعَةً مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الله بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَاسْتَشْهَدْتُ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ وَعَبْدَ الله بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَعُمَرَ ابْنَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَشَهِدُوا لِي عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ سَلْمَانَ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَالْمِقْدَادِ وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه )

Published English translation

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamani from Aban ibn abu ‘Ayyash from Sulaym ibn Qays and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ’Udhayna and Ali ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Hilal from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ’Udhayna from Aban ibn abu ‘Ayyash from Sulaym ibn Qays who has said the following. “ I heard ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far al-Tayyar say, ‘we were in the court of Mu‘awiya I al-Hassan, al-Husayn, ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abbass, ‘Umar ibn ’Umm Salama and ’Usama ibn Zayd. A conversation started between me and Mu‘awiya, and I said to Mu‘awiya’, ’I heard the Messenger of Allah say, ‘I have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves do. Then my brother Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) will have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves will have. When Ali (a.s.), will become a martyr al-Hassan ibn Ali will have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves will have. Thereafter my son al-Husayn after him (al-Hassan) will have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves will have. When he will become a martyr, his son Ali ibn al-Husayn after him (al-Husayn) will have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves will have. O Ali, you will see him. Thereafter his son Muhammad ibn Ali will have more authority over the believers’ souls than they themselves will have. O al-Husayn, you will see him. Then the twelve will complete the number of Imams. Nine will be of the descendants of al-Husayn.” ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far said, “I asked al-Hassan, al-Husayn, ‘Abdallah, ibn ‘Abbass, Umar ibn ’Umm Salama and ’Usama ibn Zayd to bear witness. They all bore witness for me before Mu‘awiya.” Sulaym ibn Qays has said, “I heard such Hadith from Salman, abu Dharr and al- Miqdad who said that they heard such Hadith from the Messenger of Allah.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مختلف في ه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/216)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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