Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 36

The excellence of Ahl al Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam and their Shi’ah
1 Ḥadīth

سَهْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ صَارَتْ فِرْقَةٌ مُرْجِئَةً وَ صَارَتْ فِرْقَةٌ حَرُورِيَّةً وَ صَارَتْ فِرْقَةٌ قَدَرِيَّةً وَ سُمِّيتُمُ التُّرَابِيَّةَ وَ شِيعَةَ عَلِيٍّ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ آلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( عليهم السلام ) وَ شِيعَةُ آلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا هُمْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالنَّاسِ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثاً .


36. Sahl, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba and Abdullah Bin Bukeyr, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (a.s) saying: ‘The Praise is to Allah (azwj). They have become the Murjiyya sect, and the Haruriyya sect, and the Qadiriyya sect, and you have been named as the Tarabiyya and the Shiites of Ali (a.s). But, by Allah (azwj) and what is that except for that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) Messenger ﷺ, and the Progeny (a.s) of the Messenger, and the Shiites of the progeny (a.s) of the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj). And what are the people except that it was Ali (a.s) the best of the people after the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj), and the highest of the people than the people themselves’. He (a.s) said it three times.