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Al-Kafi · Hadith 20

The Book of Belief and Disbelief · The Severity of the Trial of a Believer · Volume 2, book 1, chapter 106, Hadith 20

Original Arabic text

20ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) دُعِيَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) إِلَى طَعَامٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَ الرَّجُلِ نَظَرَ إِلَى دَجَاجَةٍ فَوْقَ حَائِطٍ قَدْ بَاضَتْ فَتَقَعُ الْبَيْضَةُ عَلَى وَتِدٍ فِي حَائِطٍ فَثَبَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ تَسْقُطْ وَلَمْ تَنْكَسِرْ فَتَعَجَّبَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ أَ عَجِبْتَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَيْضَةِ فَوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا رُزِئْتُ شَيْئاً قَطُّ قَالَ فَنَهَضَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ شَيْئاً وَقَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يُرْزَأْ فَمَا لله فِيهِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ.

Published English translation

20. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Nuh ibn Shu’ayb from abu Dawud al-Mustariqq in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once, the Holy Prophet was invited for food. When he entered the house he saw a hen that had laid an egg on a wall and it fell on the top of a stake. It stayed there and did not fall off or break. The Holy Prophet expressed astonishment and the man said, ‘Were you astonished because of this egg? I swear by the One who has sent you with the truth that I have never suffered any loss.’ The Imam said, ‘The Holy Prophet then stood up and left without having any food saying, ‘One who does not suffer any losses, Allah is not interested in him.’”

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/337)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

Source records non-inclusion in this scholar's selection; this is not itself a weak or authentic grade.

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