Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Duplicity · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 140, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) يَا عِيسَى لِيَكُنْ لِسَانُكَ فِي السِّرِّ وَالْعَلانِيَةِ لِسَاناً وَاحِداً وَكَذَلِكَ قَلْبُكَ إِنِّي أُحَذِّرُكَ نَفْسَكَ وَكَفَى بِي خَبِيراً لا يَصْلُحُ لِسَانَانِ فِي فَمٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلا سَيْفَانِ فِي غِمْدٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلا قَلْبَانِ فِي صَدْرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَكَذَلِكَ الأذْهَانُ.

Published English translation

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Asbat from ‘Abd al- Rahman ibn Hammad in a marfu’ manner from the Imam who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, said to Jesus, son of Mary (a.s.), ‘O Jesus, your tongue must be one tongue in private and in public so also must be your heart. I warn you against your own soul and Myself am a sufficient expert over your (activities). Two tongues are not proper for one mouth just as two swords are not proper in one sheath or two hearts in one chest, and so also are minds.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/356)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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