Al-Kafi · Hadith 42

The Book on Dying People · The Rare Ahadith · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 95, Hadith 42

Original Arabic text

42ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتِي فِي دِينِي وَالْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي لَوْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مُصِيبَتِي أَعْظَمَ مِمَّا كَانَتْ وَالْحَمْدُ لله عَلَى الأمْرِ الَّذِي شَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فَكَانَ.

Published English translation

42. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ah ibn Asbat who in a marfu’ manner has said the following: “During an unfortunate occasion abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would say, ‘I praise Allah who has not caused any suffering in my religion. I praise Allah who could have made my misfortune greater than this if He so wished. I praise Allah for the fact which if He wanted to come into existence, it would come into being.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/266)

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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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