Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Purely Sincere · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 11, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الله وَالشَّيْطَانُ وَالْحَقُّ وَالْبَاطِلُ وَالْهُدَى وَالضَّلالَةُ وَالرُّشْدُ وَالْغَيُّ وَالْعَاجِلَةُ وَالآجِلَةُ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ وَالْحَسَنَاتُ وَالسَّيِّئَاتُ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتٍ فَلله وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتٍ فَلِلشَّيْطَانِ لَعَنَهُ الله.

Published English translation

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father in a marfu’ manner from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘O people indeed there is only Allah and Satan, Truth and falsehood, guidance and straying, wisdom and error, present and future, the consequences, the good deeds and evil deeds. There is no good deed except for Allah and no evil deed except for Satan, may Allah curse him.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/75)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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