Al-Kafi · Hadith 11

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · The Rights of a Believer on his Brother (in belief) and his duty to observe Such Rights · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 75, Hadith 11

Original Arabic text

11ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ الشِّيعَةَ عِنْدَنَا كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ فَهَلْ يَعْطِفُ الْغَنِيُّ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ وَهَلْ يَتَجَاوَزُ الْمُحْسِنُ عَنِ الْمُسِي‏ءِ وَيَتَوَاسَوْنَ فَقُلْتُ لا فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هَؤُلاءِ شِيعَةً الشِّيعَةُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا.

Published English translation

11. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from abu Isma’il who has said the following: “Once I said to abu Ja’far (a.s.) ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, there is a great number of Shi’a in our area. The Imam asked, ‘Are their rich ones kind to their poor ones? Do their virtuous ones forgive their sinful ones? Do they assist each other financially?’ I said, ‘No, they do not do so.’ The Imam said, ‘They are not Shi’a. Shi’a are those who do these things.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/45)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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