Al-Kafi · Hadith 5

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Imams (a.s.) inherited the knowledge of the Holy prophet (s.a.) and all the prophets and their successors before them · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 33, Hadith 5

Original Arabic text

5ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يُعْطِ الانْبِيَاءَ شَيْئاً إِلا وَقَدْ أَعْطَاهُ مُحَمَّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ وَقَدْ أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً جَمِيعَ مَا أَعْطَى الانْبِيَاءَ وَعِنْدَنَا الصُّحُفُ الَّتِي قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صُحُفِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَمُوسى‏ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هِيَ الالْوَاحُ قَالَ نَعَمْ.

Published English translation

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from Ali ibn an-Nu‘man from ibn Muskan from abu Basir who has said the following. “Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said to me, “O abu Muhammad, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has not given anything to the prophets that He has not given to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.). The Imams (a.s.) further said, “Allah gave to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) all that He had given to the prophets. With us is the book about which Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, “The books of Abraham and Moses.” I then said, “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, are they the tablets?” The Imams (a.s.) said, “Yes, they are the tablets.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/20)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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