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Hadith 287
Hadith #
287
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
8
Section
287
Part
The Book - Garden (of Flowers)
Chapter
People are of three kinds
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
287. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from jahm Bin Abu Juheyma, who has narrated the following
A slave of Abu Al-Hassan (asws) has said, ‘In the presence of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Musa (asws) was a man from Qureysh, who went on to mention the Qureysh and the Arabs. Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said during that; ‘Leave that! These people are three (types) – Arabs, and ‘مَوْلًى’ friends and faithless. So we (asws) are the Arabs, and our (asws) Shites are the friends, and the one who is not upon the like of what we are on, so he is faithless’. So the Qureyshi said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan (asws)! You (asws) are saying this, so where are the prided ones of Qureysh and the Arabs?’ So Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said: ‘It is how I (asws) have said it to you’.
عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَهْمِ بْنِ أَبِي جُهَيْمَةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَوَالِي أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ
كَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى (عليه السلام) رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجَعَلَ يَذْكُرُ قُرَيْشاً وَ الْعَرَبَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ دَعْ هَذَا النَّاسُ ثَلَاثَةٌ عَرَبِيٌّ وَ مَوْلًى وَ عِلْجٌ فَنَحْنُ الْعَرَبُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا الْمَوَالِي وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ عِلْجٌ فَقَالَ الْقُرَشِيُّ تَقُولُ هَذَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَأَيْنَ أَفْخَاذُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) هُوَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ.
Tags Trustworthiness (Amanah)

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