Al-Kafi · Hadith 30

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · A Believer’s Signs and Qualities · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 99, Hadith 30

Original Arabic text

30ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ لأهْلِ الدِّينِ عَلامَاتٍ يُعْرَفُونَ بِهَا صِدْقَ الْحَدِيثِ وَأَدَاءَ الأمَانَةِ وَوَفَاءً بِالْعَهْدِ وَصِلَةَ الأرْحَامِ وَرَحْمَةَ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَقِلَّةَ الْمُرَاقَبَةِ لِلنِّسَاءِ أَوْ قَالَ قِلَّةَ الْمُوَاتَاةِ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَبَذْلَ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَحُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ وَسَعَةَ الْخُلُقِ وَاتِّبَاعَ الْعِلْمِ وَمَا يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ زُلْفَى طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَ‏آبٍ وَطُوبَى شَجَرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَصْلُهَا فِي دَارِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلا وَفِي دَارِهِ غُصْنٌ مِنْهَا لا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ شَهْوَةُ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلا أَتَاهُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ وَلَوْ أَنَّ رَاكِباً مُجِدّاً سَارَ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ وَلَوْ طَارَ مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا غُرَابٌ مَا بَلَغَ أَعْلاهَا حَتَّى يَسْقُطَ هَرِماً أَلا فَفِي هَذَا فَارْغَبُوا إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فِي شُغُلٍ وَالنَّاسُ مِنْهُ فِي رَاحَةٍ إِذَا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ افْتَرَشَ وَجْهَهُ وَسَجَدَ لله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِمَكَارِمِ بَدَنِهِ يُنَاجِي الَّذِي خَلَقَهُ فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِهِ أَلا فَهَكَذَا كُونُوا.

Published English translation

30. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Qasim from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) has said, ‘Religious people have certain signs by means of which they are recognized. Of such signs are truthfulness in their words, safekeeping of trust, steadfastness in their promise, maintaining good relations with relatives, kindness to weak ones, smaller degree of expectation from women, [or he said, yield to them in smaller degrees], excellence in moral behavior, vastness of moral discipline, following knowledge and that which leads closer to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, with distinction. Tuba’ is for them and the good ending. ‘Tuba’ is a tree in paradise that has its roots in the house of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad (a.s.). ‘Which quality is more graceful for a man?’ The Imam said. There will be no believer with a home without a branch of that tree. No desire will emerge in their heart but that the branch will provide. A horseman may run under its shadow for a hundred years and the shadow will not end. A crow (with the longest life span in birds) may fly from its trunk upward but before reaching the top of the tree will drop death due to old age. Therefore, you must develop an interest in this. Believers are busy with themselves and people are comfortable with them. When the night grows dark they fix their faces on earth in prostration before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, with the noblest parts of their body. They whisper to the the One Who has created them, about setting free of their necks from fire and as such you must also become.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/274)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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