Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 1

Book of Intellect and Knowledge · Some of the Reasons for Differences in the Narrations · Volume 1, book 1, chapter 15, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

[1/73] رجال الكشي: عن ابن مسعود، عن علي بن الحسن، عن العباس بن عامر وجعفر ابن محمد بن حكيم، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن أبي بصير قال: قيل لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام – وأنا عنده -: إن سالم بن أبي حفصة يروي عنك أنك تتكلم على سبعين وجها لك من كلها المخرج، قال: فقال: ما يريد سالم مني؟ أيريد أن أجيئ بالملائكة؟! فوالله ما جاء بها النبيون، ولقد قال إبراهيم: إني سقيم والله ما كان سقيما وما كذب، ولقد قال إبراهيم: بل فعله كبيرهم هذا وما فعله وما كذب، ولقد قال يوسف: إنكم لسارقون والله ما كانو سارقين وما كذب

Published English translation

1. [1/73] Rijal al-Kashshi: From Ibn Masud from Ali b. al-Hasan from al-Abbas b. A’mir and Ja’far b. Muhammad b. Hukaym from Aban b. Uthman from Abi Basir who said: It was said to Abi Abdillah (AS) while I was with him: "Salim b. Abi Hafsa narrates from you that you speak with seventy facets, for each facet you have a way out [a possible alternative interpretation to avoid speaking a lie]". So he (the Imam) said: "What does Salim want from me? Does he want me to come with the angels (to prove my truth)?! For by Allah, not even the prophets came with them, and Ibrahim had said “I am sick” (37:89) but by Allah he was not sick nor did he lie, and Ibrahim also said: “Rather this, the biggest one of them (idol) has done it” (21:63) while he had not done it nor did he lie, and Yusuf said: “You are thieves” (12:70) and by Allah they were not thieves nor did he lie."

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