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Al-Kafi · Hadith 15

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Excellence in Moral Behaviors · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 49, Hadith 15

Original Arabic text

15ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ بَحْرٍ السَّقَّاءِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَا بَحْرُ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ يُسْرٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ لا أُخْبِرُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ مَا هُوَ فِي يَدَيْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ جَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ لِبَعْضِ الأنْصَارِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَأَخَذَتْ بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ فَقَامَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فَلَمْ تَقُلْ شَيْئاً وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) شَيْئاً حَتَّى فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَامَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ وَهِيَ خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَتْ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّاسُ فَعَلَ الله بِكِ وَفَعَلَ حَبَسْتِ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لا تَقُولِينَ لَهُ شَيْئاً وَلا هُوَ يَقُولُ لَكِ شَيْئاً مَا كَانَتْ حَاجَتُكِ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ إِنَّ لَنَا مَرِيضاً فَأَرْسَلَنِي أَهْلِي لآِخُذَ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ لِيَسْتَشْفِيَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَخْذَهَا رَآنِي فَقَامَ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْهُ أَنْ آخُذَهَا وَهُوَ يَرَانِي وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْتَأْمِرَهُ فِي أَخْذِهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا.

Published English translation

15. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz ibn ‘Abd Allah from Bahr al-Saqqa who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) said to me, ‘O Bahr, excellent moral behavior is prosperity. Would you like me to teach you a Hadith which is not found in the hands of any of the people of Madina?’ I said, ‘Yes, please do so.’ The Imam said, ‘Once the Messenger of Allah was in the Mosque when a girl from the people of Ansar came in and he was standing there. She held to one end of his (the Messenger of Allah’s) cloth, the Holy Prophet stood up. She did not say anything and he (the Holy Prophet) also did not say anything to her (he then sat down). She repeated it three times and at the fourth time the Holy Prophet stood up for her and she was behind him. She then took a piece from his cloth and returned back. People rebuked her saying, “May Allah do to you what He may decide to do. You held the Messenger of Allah as your captive. You did it three times. You said nothing to him nor did he say anything to you. What did you want from him?” She then said, “We had a patient and our people sent me to get a piece from his (the Messenger of Allah’s) cloth to be used to cure the patient. When I wanted to get the piece he saw me and stood up. I then felt shy to take what I wanted when he would see me. I did not like to demand anything from him. At last I took what I wanted to get.’””

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/173)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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