Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · Improving Good Relations Among People · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 91, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ الأحْوَلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ صَدَقَةٌ يُحِبُّهَا الله إِصْلاحُ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ إِذَا تَفَاسَدُوا وَتَقَارُبُ بَيْنِهِمْ إِذَا تَبَاعَدُوا. عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) مِثْلَهُ.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Hammad ibn abu Talhah from Habib al-Ahwal who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘The charity that Allah loves is to improve good relations among the people when they cause devastation, and closeness when they get far away from each other.’” It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Hudhayfah ibn Mansur from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) a similar Hadith.

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على الشهر بسنديه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/144)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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