Al-Kafi · Hadith 15

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Fay’, al-Anfal, al-Khums, its rules and the properties subject to al-Khums · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 130, Hadith 15

Original Arabic text

15ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ قَالَ طَلَبْنَا الاذْنَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا ادْخُلُوا اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ فَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مَعِي فَقُلْتُ لِلرَّجُلِ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَسْتَأْذِنَ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ مِمَّنْ سَبَاهُ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ أَنْ يُحَرِّمُوا وَلا يُحَلِّلُوا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِمَّا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَلِيلٌ وَلا كَثِيرٌ وَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ فَإِذَا ذَكَرْتُ رَدَّ الَّذِي كُنْتُ فِيهِ دَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا يَكَادُ يُفْسِدُ عَلَيَّ عَقْلِي مَا أَنَا فِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ فِي حِلٍّ مِمَّا كَانَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَكُلُّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي مِثْلِ حَالِكَ مِنْ وَرَائِي فَهُوَ فِي حِلٍّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقُمْنَا وَخَرَجْنَا فَسَبَقَنَا مُعَتِّبٌ إِلَى النَّفَرِ الْقُعُودِ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ إِذْنَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ لَهُمْ قَدْ ظَفِرَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مَا ظَفِرَ بِمِثْلِهِ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ قَدْ قِيلَ لَهُ وَمَا ذَاكَ فَفَسَّرَهُ لَهُمْ فَقَامَ اثْنَانِ فَدَخَلا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ مِنْ سَبَايَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَلِيلٌ وَلا كَثِيرٌ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي حِلٍّ فَقَالَ وَذَاكَ إِلَيْنَا مَا ذَاكَ إِلَيْنَا مَا لَنَا أَنْ نُحِلَّ وَلا أَنْ نُحَرِّمَ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلانِ وَغَضِبَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ إِلا بَدَأَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ أَ لا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ فُلانٍ يَجِيئُنِي فَيَسْتَحِلُّنِي مِمَّا صَنَعَتْ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ كَأَنَّهُ يَرَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَنَا وَلَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ أَحَدٌ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ بِقَلِيلٍ وَلا كَثِيرٍ إِلا الاوَّلَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا غَنِيَا بِحَاجَتِهِمَا.

Published English translation

15. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from mmd ibn Sinan from Yunus ibn ya‘qub from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Na’fi‘ who has said the following. “We asked permission from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and sent him a message. He then sent us a message that told two of us should meet him at one time. I and a man with me went to meet him. I said to the man, “I like you to ask permission to ask questions.” He said, “Yes, I will do so.” He then said to the Imam (a.s.), may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, my father was taken as a captive by the ’Umayyids. I know that ’Umayyids did not consider lawful and unlawful matters and that they did not have any right in all that was in their possession in large or small quantities but that they rightfully belonged to you. When I think how much must return to you I get a feeling that almost destroys my power of reason.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “You are free from such obligation as well as all those who is in same conditions as you are, are also from such obligations after me.” The narrator has said, “We than left and Mut‘ab.(the servant) reached the next group who were to meet the Imam (a.s.) before us and said, “’Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Na’fi‘ has succeeded in what no one before him had ever done.” They asked, “What is it?” He then explained it to them. Then two of them went to see the Imam (a.s.) One of them said, “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, my father was a captive in the hands of the ’Umayyids. I knew that the ’Umayyids. Had no legal control over all that had in small or large amounts. I would like that you would set me free from the liabilities.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Is that up us?” It is not up us. We have no right to make thing lawful or unlawful.” The two men then left. Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) became angry. No one then went to see him but that abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) began to say, “Are you not surprised at so and so? He comes to me to legalize what th ’Umayyids. Had done? He thinks it is up to us. That night no one benefited less or more except the first two people. They gained what they needed.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/276)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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