Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Fulfilling Obligations · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 40, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَاتِجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اصْبِرُوا وَصابِرُوا وَرابِطُوا قَالَ اصْبِرُوا عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ وَصَابِرُوا عَلَى الْمَصَائِبِ وَرَابِطُوا عَلَى الأئِمَّةِ (عَلَيهِم السَّلام). وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَاتِجِ وَزَادَ فِيهِ فَاتَّقُوا الله رَبَّكُمْ فِيمَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ.

Published English translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ‘Abd al- Rahman ibn abu Najran from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from abu al-Safatij from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following:“About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘Believers, have patience, help each other with patience, establish good relations with one another. . . . (3:200) the Imam said, ‘Exercise patience in fulfilling your obligations, help each other with patience in tragedies and establish good relations with A’immah (plural of Imam), recipients of divine supreme covenant.’” In the narration of ibn Mahbub from abu al-Safatij the following is added, “Have fear of Allah, your Lord, in what He has made obligatory upon you.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور وآخره مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/79)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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