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Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Tyrannical Transgression · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 133, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ أَبِي سَيَّارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ فِي كِتَابٍ انْظُرْ أَنْ لا تُكَلِّمَنَّ بِكَلِمَةِ بَغْيٍ أَبَداً وَإِنْ أَعْجَبَتْكَ نَفْسَكَ وَعَشِيرَتَكَ.

Published English translation

3. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Misma’ abu Sayyar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) once wrote a letter to me in which he had said, ‘Keep in mind not to ever speak a tyrannical and transgressing word even though your own soul and tribe are more captivating to you.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن كالصحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/284)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 112

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