Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book on Virtue of Knowledge · Chapter on the Differences in al-Hadith · Volume 1, book 2, chapter 21, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْوُونَ عَنْ فُلانٍ وَفُلانٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لا يُتَّهَمُونَ بِالْكَذِبِ فَيَجِي‏ءُ مِنْكُمْ خِلافُهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ يُنْسَخُ كَمَا يُنْسَخُ الْقُرْآنُ.

Published English translation

2. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ’Isa from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. “I explained to Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) saying ‘What is the matter with people who narrate from so and so from the holy Prophet (s.w) whom they do not accuse of telling lies and thing and from you facts against it comes to light? The Imam (a.s.) said, “Hadith becomes abrogated just as it happens with the holy Quran.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/215)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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