Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) · Chapter on Fortunateness and Un-fortunateness · Volume 1, book 3, chapter 28, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله خَلَقَ السَّعَادَةَ وَالشَّقَاءَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ فَمَنْ خَلَقَهُ الله سَعِيداً لَمْ يُبْغِضْهُ أَبَداً وَإِنْ عَمِلَ شَرّاً أَبْغَضَ عَمَلَهُ وَلَمْ يُبْغِضْهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ شَقِيّاً لَمْ يُحِبَّهُ أَبَداً وَإِنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً أَحَبَّ عَمَلَهُ وَأَبْغَضَهُ لِمَا يَصِيرُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَحَبَّ الله شَيْئاً لَمْ يُبْغِضْهُ أَبَداً وَإِذَا أَبْغَضَ شَيْئاً لَمْ يُحِبَّهُ أَبَداً.

Published English translation

1. It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Saffron ibn Yahya from Mansur ibn Hazim from Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Allah created good fortune and bad fortune before He created the creatures. Whoever Allah has created fortunate He never becomes angry with him even though he may do bad deeds. He would dislike his deeds but not his own self. If he is an unfortunate He would never love him even if he would do good deeds. He would love his deeds but not his own self because of what he will end up to. If Allah would love someone He will not dislike him and if He would dislike someone He will not love him.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول كالصحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/165)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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