Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 156

Undesirability of naming children Ali or Fatimah
1 Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth #1

:156

جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ ذِكْرَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ (عليها السلام) فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرِ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ (عليها السلام).

156. Ja’far, from Anbasat, from Abu Abdullah (a.s) having said: ‘Beware of mentioning Ali (a.s) and Fatima (s.a) (in front of others) for there is nothing more hateful to them than the speaking of Ali (a.s) and Fatima (s.a)’.