Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book of Prayer · Commencement of Adhan, Iqamah, and the Excellence of Reading them · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 18, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ لَمَّا هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) بِالأذَانِ عَلَى رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) كَانَ رَأْسُهُ فِي حِجْرِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فَأَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) وَأَقَامَ فَلَمَّا انْتَبَهَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ سَمِعْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ حَفِظْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ ادْعُ بِلاَلاً فَعَلِّمْهُ فَدَعَا عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) بِلاَلاً فَعَلَّمَهُ.

Published English translation

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from Mansur ibn Hazim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when Jibril (Gabriel) descended with Adhan to the Messenger of Allah, he was resting and his head was on Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s lap. Jibril then read Adhan and Iqamah. When the Messenger of Allah woke up he asked, ‘O Ali, did you hear it?’ He replied, ‘Yes, I did.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) asked, ‘Do you remember it?’ He (Ali) replied, ‘Yes, I remember.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) then said, ‘Call Bilal and teach him.’ Ali then called Bilal and taught him Adhan and Iqamah.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/82)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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