Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 177

All the Prophets were brave people
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سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الرَّيَّانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ يُونُسَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً قَطُّ إِلَّا صَاحِبَ مِرَّةٍ سَوْدَاءَ صَافِيَةٍ وَ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً قَطُّ حَتَّى يُقِرَّ لَهُ بِالْبَدَاءِ.


177. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al-Rayyaan Bin Al-Salt, from Yunus who said: Abu Abdullah (a.s) said that: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic never Sent a Prophet (a.s) at all except that he would have a clear ‘مِرَّةٍ سَوْدَاءَ’ (Seal of Prophet-hood) and Allah (azwj) did not Send a Prophet at all until he accepts the ‘يُقِرَّ لَهُ بِالْبَدَاءِ’ The Decision of Allah at the Start (About the First ‘Al-Noor’-Mohammed ﷺ and Ayley Mohammed (a.s)).