Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Supplication · Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Secretly · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 25, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِعِيسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَا عِيسَى اذْكُرْنِي فِي نَفْسِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي نَفْسِي وَاذْكُرْنِي فِي مَلَئِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي مَلأ خَيْرٍ مِنْ مَلأ الآدَمِيِّينَ يَا عِيسَى أَلِنْ لِي قَلْبَكَ وَأَكْثِرْ ذِكْرِي فِي الْخَلَوَاتِ وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ سُرُورِي أَنْ تُبَصْبِصَ إِلَيَّ وَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ حَيّاً وَلا تَكُنْ مَيِّتاً.

Published English translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Faddal in a marfu ’ manner from The Imam (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, said to Jesus, peace be upon him, ‘O Jesus, speak of Me to yourself; I speak of you to Myself, speak of Me in public; I speak of you in public, which is better than man’s public. O Jesus, soften your heart for Me, speak of Me very often privately and note that My happiness is in your expressing humility before Me and that you must act as a living one in such condition, and not as a dead person. ’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/139)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

Source records non-inclusion in this scholar's selection; this is not itself a weak or authentic grade.

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