Al-Kafi · Hadith 15

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Showing off · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 116, Hadith 15

Original Arabic text

15ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ إِنِّي لأتَعَشَّى مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِذْ تَلا هَذِهِ الآيَةَ بَلِ الإنْسانُ عَلى‏ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ وَلَوْ أَلْقى‏ مَعاذِيرَهُ يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ مَا يَصْنَعُ الإنْسَانُ أَنْ يَعْتَذِرَ إِلَى النَّاسِ بِخِلافِ مَا يَعْلَمُ الله مِنْهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَسَرَّ سَرِيرَةً أَلْبَسَهُ الله رِدَاءَهَا إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيْرٌ وَإِنْ شَرّاً فَشَرٌّ.

Published English translation

15. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Umar ibn Yazid who has said the following: “Once I was having dinner with Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) and he read this verse of the Holy Quran: ‘In fact, people are well aware of their own soul (75:14) even though they make excuses.’ (75:15) The Imam said, ‘O abu Hafs, why should a human being make excuses before the people, opposing what Allah knows about him (his intention being to show off)? The Messenger of Allah has said, “Whoever does a deed secretly Allah will make him wear its (the deed’s) garment as good rewards were it a good deed, and in an evil form were it an evil deed.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/113)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, pp. 107, 108

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