Al-Kafi · Hadith 21

The Book of Supplication · Asking Favors from Allah for the Holy Prophet, Muhammad and his Family, recipient of divine supreme covenant · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 20, Hadith 21

Original Arabic text

21ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَمِعَ أَبِي رَجُلاً مُتَعَلِّقاً بِالْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللهمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي يَا عَبْدَ الله لا تَبْتُرْهَا لا تَظْلِمْنَا حَقَّنَا قُلِ اللهمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

Published English translation

21. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from ibn al-Qaddah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “My father once heard a man, clinging to the Ka’bah, saying, ‘O Lord, grant al-Salat (favors) to Muhammad.’ My father then said to him, ‘O servant of Allah, do not shorten it that way. Do not do injustice to us in our rights. Say, “O Lord, grant al-Salat to Muhammad and his family.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/107)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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