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Al-Kafi · Hadith 6

The Book of Prayer · Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 95, Hadith 6

Original Arabic text

6ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عُثْمَانَ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ وَضَّاحٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الأرْقَطِ وَأُمُّهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أُخْتُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ مَرِضْتُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً حَتَّى ثَقُلْتُ وَاجْتَمَعَتْ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ لَيْلاً لِلْجَنَازَةِ وَهُمْ يَرَوْنَ أَنِّي مَيِّتٌ فَجَزِعَتْ أُمِّي عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) خَالِي اصْعَدِي إِلَى فَوْقِ الْبَيْتِ فَابْرُزِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتِ فَقُولِي اللهمَّ إِنَّكَ وَهَبْتَهُ لِي وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئاً اللهمَّ وَإِنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَهُ مُبْتَدِئاً فَأَعِرْنِيهِ قَالَ فَفَعَلَتْ فَأَفَقْتُ وَقَعَدْتُ وَدَعَوْا بِسَحُورٍ لَهُمْ هَرِيسَةٍ فَتَسَحَّرُوا بِهَا وَتَسَحَّرْتُ مَعَهُمْ.

Published English translation

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Uthman from abu Isma’il al-Sarraj from ‘Abd Allah ibn Waddah and Ali ibn abu Hamzah from Isma’il ibn al-Arqat and his mother ‘Umm Salamah sister of abu ‘Abd Allah ‘Alayhi al-Salam, who has said the following: “I became seriously ill in the month of Ramadan. I was not able to get up. Banu Hashim gathered at night for burial, seeing me about to die. My mother was restless. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), told her, ‘My aunt, climb on the house, expose your head under the sky, perform two Rak‘at Salah (prayer) and after Salam say, “O Allah, You give him to me as a gift. He was not anything. O Allah, I pray to You to give him to me as a gift on my own initiation so allow me to borrow him from You.’” She did as she was told and I regained consciousness and sat up straight. They called everyone for food (so they can fast the next day). It was Harisah (mashed meat and grain). They ate and I ate with them.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/462)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 345

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