Al-Kafi · Hadith 8

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Fear and Hope · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 33, Hadith 8

Original Arabic text

8ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمُكَارِي عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) [ قَالَ ] قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلاً رَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ بِأَهْلِهِ فَكُسِرَ بِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِمَّنْ كَانَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ إِلا امْرَأَةُ الرَّجُلِ فَإِنَّهَا نَجَتْ عَلَى لَوْحٍ مِنْ أَلْوَاحِ السَّفِينَةِ حَتَّى أَلْجَأَتْ عَلَى جَزِيرَةٍ مِنْ جَزَائِرِ الْبَحْرِ وَكَانَ فِي تِلْكَ الْجَزِيرَةِ رَجُلٌ يَقْطَعُ الطَّرِيقَ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ لله حُرْمَةً إِلا انْتَهَكَهَا فَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِلا وَالْمَرْأَةُ قَائِمَةٌ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِنْسِيَّةٌ أَمْ جِنِّيَّةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنْسِيَّةٌ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهَا كَلِمَةً حَتَّى جَلَسَ مِنْهَا مَجْلِسَ الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ هَمَّ بِهَا اضْطَرَبَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ تَضْطَرِبِينَ فَقَالَتْ أَفْرَقُ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَوْمَأَتْ بِيَدِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ فَصَنَعْتِ مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئاً قَالَتْ لا وَعِزَّتِهِ قَالَ فَأَنْتِ تَفْرَقِينَ مِنْهُ هَذَا الْفَرَقَ وَلَمْ تَصْنَعِي مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئاً وَإِنَّمَا أَسْتَكْرِهُكِ اسْتِكْرَاهاً فَأَنَا وَالله أَوْلَى بِهَذَا الْفَرَقِ وَالْخَوْفِ وَأَحَقُّ مِنْكِ قَالَ فَقَامَ وَلَمْ يُحْدِثْ شَيْئاً وَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ هِمَّةٌ إِلا التَّوْبَةُ وَالْمُرَاجَعَةُ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَمْشِي إِذْ صَادَفَهُ رَاهِبٌ يَمْشِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَحَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمَا الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ الرَّاهِبُ لِلشَّابِّ ادْعُ الله يُظِلَّنَا بِغَمَامَةٍ فَقَدْ حَمِيَتْ عَلَيْنَا الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ الشَّابُّ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لِي عِنْدَ رَبِّي حَسَنَةً فَأَتَجَاسَرَ عَلَى أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ شَيْئاً قَالَ فَأَدْعُو أَنَا وَتُؤَمِّنُ أَنْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَقْبَلَ الرَّاهِبُ يَدْعُو وَالشَّابُّ يُؤَمِّنُ فَمَا كَانَ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظَلَّتْهُمَا غَمَامَةٌ فَمَشَيَا تَحْتَهَا مَلِيّاً مِنَ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقَتِ الْجَادَّةُ جَادَّتَيْنِ فَأَخَذَ الشَّابُّ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ وَأَخَذَ الرَّاهِبُ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ فَإِذَا السَّحَابَةُ مَعَ الشَّابِّ فَقَالَ الرَّاهِبُ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي لَكَ اسْتُجِيبَ وَلَمْ يُسْتَجَبْ لِي فَأَخْبِرْنِي مَا قِصَّتُكَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِخَبَرِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا مَضَى حَيْثُ دَخَلَكَ الْخَوْفُ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ فِيمَا تَسْتَقْبِلُ.

Published English translation

8. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from al- Hassan ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu Sa’id al-Makari from abu Hamza al-Thumali from Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) who has said the following: “A man once set sail with his people and suffered a shipwreck. Everyone on board died except his wife who clung to a board and landed on an island where there lived a robber who had left no instance of disobedience to Allah but had committed them all. Without knowing anything about the shipwreck he found the woman standing over his head. He raised his head and asked her, ‘Are you a human being or a Jinni?’ She replied, ‘I am a human being. ’ He then did not say any other word but began to behave like a husband. When he advanced for a carnal relation she panicked. He asked, ‘Why have you panicked?’ She said, ‘I am afraid of this, pointing to the heavens.’ He then asked, ‘Have you done any such thing wrong against Him?’ She said, ‘No, I swear by His Glory that I have not done any such thing against Him.’ He then said, ‘You fear Him this much when you have done nothing against Him and it is only I that force you into this. In fact, I swear by Allah, I am the one who must be afraid of Him more so than you are.’ The robber then moved away without speaking a word and went back to his family. He then had no other aim but to repent and return to Allah. Once as he was walking on the road, a monk joined him walking in the same direction. The day was hot and the monk suggested that they should pray to Allah to send them a piece of cloud to provide shade against the hot sun. The young man (once a robber) said, ‘I do not think I have any good deed with my Lord so I dare not pray to Him.’ The monk said, ‘I pray and you say, Amen.’ He agreed and the monk began to pray and the young man said the Amen part. Quickly a piece of cloud appeared and provided them a shadow. They walked comfortably under the shadow against the sun. The road then divided and the young man walked in one road and the monk in the other one. The shadow went along over the young man. The monk said, ‘You are better than me. The prayer was accepted because of you, not because of me. Now tell me what is your story?’ The young man told him the story of the woman. The monk said, ‘Your sins of the past are forgiven because of fear that entered in your heart. Pay proper attention to your future behaviors.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/38)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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