Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 113

Despicability of a believing person’s complaint before an unbeliever
1 Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth #1

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مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ شَكَا حَاجَتَهُ وَ ضُرَّهُ إِلَى كَافِرٍ أَوْ إِلَى مَنْ يُخَالِفُهُ عَلَى دِينِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا شَكَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى عَدُوٍّ مِنْ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مُؤْمِنٍ شَكَا حَاجَتَهُ وَ ضُرَّهُ إِلَى مُؤْمِنٍ مِثْلِهِ كَانَتْ شَكْوَاهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

113. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Yunus Bin Ammaar who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (a.s) saying: ‘Whichever Believer complains of his need and presents it to an Infidel or to the one who is opposed to his Religion, so it is as if he has complained against Allah (azwj) before an enemy from the enemies of Allah (azwj). And whichever Believing man complains of his need and presents it to a Believer like him, so it is as if he has complained to Allah (azwj)’.