Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Imams know all the knowledge that has come to the angels, the prophets and the Messenger · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 44, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ لله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عِلْمَيْنِ عِلْماً أَظْهَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَلائِكَتَهُ وَأَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَرُسُلَهُ فَمَا أَظْهَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَلائِكَتَهُ وَرُسُلَهُ وَأَنْبِيَاءَهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْنَاهُ وَعِلْماً اسْتَأْثَرَ بِهِ فَإِذَا بَدَا لله فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهُ أَعْلَمَنَا ذَلِكَ وَعَرَضَ عَلَى الائِمَّةِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِنَا. عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) مِثْلَهُ.

Published English translation

1. From Ali ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Shammun, from Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman, from Abdullah ibn al-Qasim, from Sama'ah, from Abu Abdillah (AS) who said: "Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has two kinds of knowledge: One kind He has made apparent to His angels, His prophets, and His messengers. Whatever He has made apparent to His angels, His prophets, and His messengers, we have learned it. And another kind He has kept exclusively to Himself. So, whenever Allah decides to reveal something from it, He informs us of it, and it is presented to the Imams who came before us." <br>From Ali ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Musa ibn al-Qasim, and Muhammad ibn Yahya, from al-Amraki ibn Ali, all from Ali ibn Ja‘far, from his brother Musa ibn Ja‘far (AS), a similar narration.

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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