Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 522

You must not overburden
1 Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth #1

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عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ يَا عُمَرُ لَا تَحْمِلُوا عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا وَ ارْفُقُوا بِهِمْ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ مَا تَحْمِلُونَ.

522. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Umar Bin Hanzala, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (a.s) has said: ‘O Umar, do not place a burden upon our (a.s) Shites, and be kind to them, for the people cannot bear what you can bear’.