Al-Kafi · Hadith 10

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · To Please the Believers · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 82, Hadith 10

Original Arabic text

10ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي الْيَقْظَانِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) عَنْ حَقِّ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ حَقُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ لَكَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ خَرَجَ مَعَهُ مِثَالٌ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ يَقُولُ لَهُ أَبْشِرْ بِالْكَرَامَةِ مِنَ الله وَالسُّرُورِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ بَشَّرَكَ الله بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَمْضِي مَعَهُ يُبَشِّرُهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَالَ وَإِذَا مَرَّ بِهَوْلٍ قَالَ لَيْسَ هَذَا لَكَ وَإِذَا مَرَّ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ هَذَا لَكَ فَلا يَزَالُ مَعَهُ يُؤْمِنُهُ مِمَّا يَخَافُ وَيُبَشِّرُهُ بِمَا يُحِبُّ حَتَّى يَقِفَ مَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِذَا أَمَرَ بِهِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ لَهُ الْمِثَالُ أَبْشِرْ فَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِكَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ أَنْتَ رَحِمَكَ الله تُبَشِّرُنِي مِنْ حِينِ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ قَبْرِي وَآنَسْتَنِي فِي طَرِيقِي وَخَبَّرْتَنِي عَنْ رَبِّي قَالَ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا السُّرُورُ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تُدْخِلُهُ عَلَى إِخْوَانِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا خُلِقْتُ مِنْهُ لأبَشِّرَكَ وَأُونِسَ وَحْشَتَكَ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ مِثْلَهُ.

Published English translation

10. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from al- Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from Mansur from ‘Ammar ibn abu al-Yaqzan from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about the rights of a believer on another believer. He has said that the Imam said, ‘The right of a believer on a believer is greater than that (description). If I tell you about it you will become unbelievers. When a believer comes out of his grave a form comes out with him and says, “There is good news of honor and happiness for you from Allah.” He then says to the form, ‘May Allah give you good news.’ He then moves with him and gives him good news as before and as they come across a frightening scene of the Day of Judgment the form says this is not against you. As they come across a good thing the form says this is for you. The form remains with him, giving him comfort and good news of what he loves until it stands with him before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, where He orders for him to be taken to paradise. The form says to him, ‘Good news for you; Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has ordered that you be admitted in paradise. ’ “The Imam said, ‘He asks, “Who are you, may Allah grant you favors? You have been giving me good news from the time you came out with me from my grave. On the way you have been giving me comfort and informed me of the decision of my Lord?’” The form then says, ‘I am the joy that you had sent to the heart of your believing brothers (in belief) in the worldly life. I was created from it to give you good news and comfort you in frightening conditions.”’ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal a similar Hadith.

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول بسنديه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/98)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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