Al-Kafi · Hadith 5

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Armaments and Sacred Items belonging to the Holy Prophet (s.a.) that transferred to the Imam (a.s.) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 38, Hadith 5

Original Arabic text

5ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذِي الْفَقَارِ سَيْفِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) مِنْ أَيْنَ هُوَ قَالَ هَبَطَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَكَانَتْ حِلْيَتُهُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَهُوَ عِنْدِي.

Published English translation

5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ahmad ibn Abi ‘Abdillah who has said that he asked Abi al-Hassan al-Redha (a.s.) about Dhulfaqar, the sword of the Messenger of Allah as to where it was from. The Imam (a.s.) said, “Jibril came down with it from the heavens. It was decorated with silver and it is with me (now).”

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح ظاهرا ولكن في السند غرابه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/45)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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