Al-Kafi · Hadith 5

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Kindness to Parents · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 69, Hadith 5

Original Arabic text

5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) مَا حَقُّ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ قَالَ لا يُسَمِّيهِ بِاسْمِهِ وَلا يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلا يَجْلِسُ قَبْلَهُ وَلا يَسْتَسِبُّ لَهُ.

Published English translation

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from Durust ibn abu Mansur from abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once, a man asked the Messenger of Allah, ‘What is the right of the father on the son?’ The messenger of Allah said, ‘The son must not address his father by his name (first name), must not walk in front of him, must not take a seat before him, and must not cause people to abuse him.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/399)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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