Al-Kafi · Hadith 9

The Book of Supplication · The Times and Conditions in which there is Hope for Acceptance · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 13, Hadith 9

Original Arabic text

9ـ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْجَامُورَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ صَنْدَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحِبُّ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كُلَّ عَبْدٍ دَعَّاءٍ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالدُّعَاءِ فِي السَّحَرِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فَإِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفَتَّحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَتُقَسَّمُ فِيهَا الأرْزَاقُ وَتُقْضَى فِيهَا الْحَوَائِجُ الْعِظَامُ.

Published English translation

9. From him (Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalid) that he narrated from Al-Jamurani from Al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Hamzah, from Sandal, from Abu al-Sabbah al-Kinani, that Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir) (as) said: "Indeed, Allah (azwj) loves from His believing servants every servant who is persistent in supplication. Therefore, you should engage in supplication during the pre-dawn hours until sunrise, for it is a time when the gates of heaven are opened, provisions are distributed, and great needs are fulfilled."

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/39)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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