Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · In the Sen’ice of Believing People · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 89, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي الأسْوَدِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُعْتَمِرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ خَدَمَ قَوْماً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلا أَعْطَاهُ الله مِثْلَ عَدَدِهِمْ خُدَّاماً فِي الْجَنَّةِ.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salmah ibn Khattab from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi from Isma’il ibn Aban from Salih ibn abu al-Aswad in a marfu’ manner from abu al-Mu’tamar who has said the following: “I heard Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) saying, ‘The Messenger of Allah has said, “Any Muslim who serves a group of Muslims, Allah in paradise will grant him servants equal to the number of Muslims he had served.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/141)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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