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Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book on Dying People · Salah (Prayer) for a Dead Person Hostile to ’A’immah · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 58, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ السِّمْطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ مَاتَ فَخَرَجَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَمْشِي مَعَهُ فَلَقِيَهُ مَوْلىً لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ يَا فُلاَنُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَوْلاَهُ أَفِرُّ مِنْ جِنَازَةِ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) انْظُرْ أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَى يَمِينِي فَمَا تَسْمَعُنِي أَقُولُ فَقُلْ مِثْلَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ وَلِيُّهُ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) الله أَكْبَرُ اللهمَّ الْعَنْ فُلاَناً عَبْدَكَ أَلْفَ لَعْنَةٍ مُؤْتَلِفَةٍ غَيْرِ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ اللهمَّ أَخْزِ عَبْدَكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ وَبِلاَدِكَ وَأَصْلِهِ حَرَّ نَارِكَ وَأَذِقْهُ أَشَدَّ عَذَابِكَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَوَلَّى أَعْدَاءَكَ وَيُعَادِي أَوْلِيَاءَكَ وَيُبْغِضُ أَهْلَ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه).

Published English translation

2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from Ziyad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Amir ibn al-Simt who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that a man of the hypocrites died. Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), attended his funeral; at this time one of his followers met him and asked, ‘O so and so, where do you want to go?’ He (the follower) said, ‘I am running away from the dead body of this hypocrite and from having to perform Salah (prayer) for him.’ Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), said, ‘Just stay on my right side and say what I say.’ When the guardian of the deceased said Takbir, al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), said, ‘O Lord, condemn so and so a thousand times together and without difference. O Lord, make this one of Your servant to suffer in Your land and make him suffer the heat of fire, make him suffer the most severe of Your punishment; he loved Your enemies, he was hostile to Your friends and he hated the family of Your Holy prophet.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/75)

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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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