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Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · Rare Ahadith about Wudu’ · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 46, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُغِيرِيَّةِ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ السُّنَنِ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ آدَمَ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ جَرَتْ فِيهِ مِنَ الله وَمِنْ رَسُولِهِ سُنَّةٌ عَرَفَهَا مَنْ عَرَفَهَا وَأَنْكَرَهَا مَنْ أَنْكَرَهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فَمَا السُّنَّةُ فِي دُخُولِ الْخَلاَءِ قَالَ تَذْكُرُ الله وَتَتَعَوَّذُ بِالله مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ قُلْتَ الْحَمْدُ لله عَلَى مَا أَخْرَجَ مِنِّي مِنَ الأذَى فِي يُسْرٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَالإِنْسَانُ يَكُونُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ وَلاَ يَصْبِرُ حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الأرْضِ آدَمِيٌّ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهُ مَلَكَانِ مُوَكَّلاَنِ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ ثَنَيَا بِرَقَبَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالاَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ تَكْدَحُ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَى مَا هُوَ صَائِرٌ.

Published English translation

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindiy from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from Sabah al-Hadhdh’a from abu ‘Usamah who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when a man of the followers of al- Mughirah asked him about matters of tradition (the Sunnah). The Imam replied, ‘There a tradition is set about everything that a son of Adam may need from Allah and His Messenger. There are those who have recognized such traditions and there are those who have rejected them.’ The man then asked, ‘What is the tradition about using the restroom?’ The Imam replied, ‘Speak of Allah and seek protection with Allah against Satan, the one condemned to be stoned. When you finish using a restroom you should say this. “All praise belongs to Allah who has relieved me of the discomfort with ease and good health.’” The man then asked, ‘Should one say such expressions in such a condition before looking back at what has come out?’ The Imam replied, ‘To every man on earth there are two angels assigned. When he is in such a condition, they bend his neck down saying, “O son of Adam, look down to the thing for which you have been struggling, into what kind of thing it has turned.’””

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/189)

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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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Muhammad Sarwar
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