ALI Logo ALI
Search Books Updates
Home / Books / Al-Kāfi / Volume 8 / In the Masjid there is a circle... / Hadith 562
Hadith 562
Hadith #
562
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
8
Section
561
Part
The Book - Garden (of Flowers)
Chapter
In the Masjid there is a circle...
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
562. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Nu’man, from Al-Qasim the associate of Al-Mufazzal, and he was a truthful man, who said
‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘There is a group in the Masjid who publicise us (asws) and publicise themselves. They are neither from us (asws) nor are we (asws) from them. I (asws) rush away and hide, but they still uncover my (asws) veil. May Allah (azwj) violate their veil. They are saying that I (asws) am the Imam (asws), but, by Allah (azwj), I (asws) am not an Imam (asws) except for the one who obeys me (asws). So as for the one who disobeys me (asws), I (asws) am not an Imam (asws) for him. Why are they attaching themselves to my (asws) name, and not refraining from mentioning my (asws) name from their mouths? By Allah (azwj), may He (azwj) not Gather me (asws) and them in one abode’.
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ شَرِيكِ الْمُفَضَّلِ وَ
كَانَ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ حَلَقٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَشْهَرُونَّا وَ يَشْهَرُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُولَئِكَ لَيْسُوا مِنَّا وَ لَا نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ أَنْطَلِقُ فَأُوَارِي وَ أَسْتُرُ فَيَهْتِكُونَ سِتْرِي هَتَكَ اللَّهُ سُتُورَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِمَامٌ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنَا بِإِمَامٍ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَأَمَّا مَنْ عَصَانِي فَلَسْتُ لَهُ بِإِمَامٍ لِمَ يَتَعَلَّقُونَ بِاسْمِي أَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ اسْمِي مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَا يَجْمَعُنِي اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ فِي دَارٍ.
Tags HypocrisyMosques

Similar narrations

  • Al-Kāfi #704 he asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) the following. “A certain group of people believe that you are gods. They read to us from the Quran about it....
  • Al-Khiṣāl #303 Our followers can be divided into three groups. There are those who are our true friends. They are from us. There are those to whom we lend...
All narrations in In the Masjid there is a circle... Browse all books Search more hadith
Rewayaat

A project of the Academy for Learning Islam. Search, browse, and study Shi'i narrations in Arabic and English.

Explore
Updates Search Tips API Documentation
Contact
rewayaat.org@gmail.com GitHub Repository Academy of Islam
© 2026 Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.)
Content and translations remain the responsibility of their original sources.