Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 260

Excellence of Imami Shi’ah
1 Ḥadīth

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) مِثْلَهُ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ جَوْهَراً وَ جَوْهَرُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ مُحَمَّدٌ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ نَحْنُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا بَعْدَنَا حَبَّذَا شِيعَتُنَا مَا أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنْ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَحْسَنَ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا أَنْ يَتَعَاظَمَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ أَوْ يَدْخُلَهُمْ زَهْوٌ لَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ قُبُلًا وَ اللَّهِ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا يَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ قَائِماً إِلَّا وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ وَ لَا قَرَأَ فِي صَلَوَاتِهِ جَالِساً إِلَّا وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ خَمْسُونَ حَسَنَةً وَ لَا فِي غَيْرِ صَلَاةٍ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ إِنَّ لِلصَّامِتِ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا لَأَجْرُ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَهُ أَنْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ نِيَامٌ لَكُمْ أَجْرُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ وَ أَنْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ فِي صَلَاتِكُمْ لَكُمْ أَجْرُ الصَّافِّينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ أَنْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَزَعْنا ما فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْواناً عَلى سُرُرٍ مُتَقابِلِينَ إِنَّمَا شِيعَتُنَا أَصْحَابُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأَعْيُنِ عَيْنَانِ فِي الرَّأْسِ وَ عَيْنَانِ فِي الْقَلْبِ أَلَا وَ الْخَلَائِقُ كُلُّهُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَتَحَ أَبْصَارَكُمْ وَ أَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ.


260. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shammoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdu Rahmaan, from Abdullah Bin Al-Qasim, from Amro Bin Abu Al-Maqdaam, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (a.s) said: ‘Indeed! And for everything is an essence and the essence of the children of Adam (a.s) is Muhammad ﷺ, and us (a.s), and our (a.s) Shites after us (a.s). How lovely are our (a.s) Shites! What will be closer to the Throne of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic than them on the Day of Judgement. By Allah (azwj)! Had the people not magnified that, or pride entered into them, the Angels would have greeted them already. By Allah (azwj)! There is no servant from our (a.s) Shites who recites the Quran whilst standing in his Prayer, except that there are a hundred Rewards for him for every letter of it, nor does he recite it seated in his Prayer, except that there are a fifty Rewards for him for every letter of it, nor in other than Prayers, except that there are ten Rewards for him for every letter of it. And the one from our (a.s) Shites who is silent, there is the Reward for him of the recitation of the Quran by the one who is opposed to him. By Allah (azwj)! You sleep upon your beds and there is the Reward for you of the Holy Warriors (Al-Mujahideen). By Allah (azwj)! You are in your Prayers, and there is for you the Reward of the being in the rows of His (azwj) Way. By Allah (azwj)! You are the ones for whom Allah (azwj) has Said: “[15:47] And We will root out whatever of rancour is in their breasts (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face”. But rather, our (a.s) Shites are the people with four eyes – two eyes in the head and two eyes in the heart. Indeed! And all of the creatures are like that, except that Allah (azwj) has Opened your eyes, and Blinded their eyes’.