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Al-Kafi · Hadith 11

The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran · No name · Volume 2, book 3, chapter 1, Hadith 11

Original Arabic text

11ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ يَجِي‏ءُ الْقُرْآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي أَحْسَنِ مَنْظُورٍ إِلَيْهِ صُورَةً فَيَمُرُّ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا فَيُجَاوِزُهُمْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّينَ فَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنَّا فَيُجَاوِزُهُمْ إِلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ فَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنَّا حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ فُلانُ بْنُ فُلانٍ أَظْمَأْتُ هَوَاجِرَهُ وَأَسْهَرْتُ لَيْلَهُ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا وَفُلانُ بْنُ فُلانٍ لَمْ أُظْمِئْ هَوَاجِرَهُ وَلَمْ أُسْهِرْ لَيْلَهُ فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَدْخِلْهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ فَيَقُومُ فَيَتَّبِعُونَهُ فَيَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ اقْرَأْ وَارْقَهْ قَالَ فَيَقْرَأُ وَيَرْقَى حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مَنْزِلَتَهُ الَّتِي هِيَ لَهُ فَيَنْزِلُهَا.

Published English translation

11. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “On the Day of Judgment the Holy Quran will come in the best shape and form. He will pass by the Muslims who will say, ‘This man is from us.’ He will pass toward the prophets who will say that he is of us, then he will pass toward the special angels who will say that he is one of us until he is before the Lord of Majesty, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, and will say, ‘O Lord, so and so son of so and so suffered from thirst, spent the night in vigil in the world so and so son of so and so did not suffer thirst and did not spend his night in vigil (for worship).’ Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, will say, ‘Admit them in paradise.’ He will stand up and they will also rise and follow him. The believing people will be told, ‘Read and climb.’ The Imam said that the believing people will read and climb until they will reach their position that is for them and occupy their places.’”

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/483)

Assessment transcribed from the source's named scholar and reference. No new grading or consensus is asserted; differing entries remain separate.

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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Muhammad Sarwar
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