Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 70

Seventy aspects of their (‘A’immah’s) words
1 Ḥadīth

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قِيلَ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّ سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ يَرْوُونَ عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَكَلَّمُ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ وَجْهاً لَكَ مِنْهَا الْمَخْرَجُ فَقَالَ مَا يُرِيدُ سَالِمٌ مِنِّي أَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجِي‏ءَ بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهَذَا النَّبِيُّونَ وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ وَ مَا كَانَ سَقِيماً وَ مَا كَذَبَ وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هذا وَ مَا فَعَلَهُ وَ مَا كَذَبَ وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ (عليه السلام) أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسارِقُونَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانُوا سَارِقِينَ وَ مَا كَذَبَ.


70. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al-Wahsa’a, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘It was said to Abu Ja’far (a.s) and I was in his (a.s) presence that, ‘Saalim Bin Abu Hafsa and his companions are narrating from you (a.s) that you (a.s) speak upon seventy perspectives, for you (a.s) there is a way out from (each one) of these?’ He (a.s) said: ‘What does Saalim want from me (a.s)? Does he want that I (a.s) should come with the Angels. By Allah (azwj), (even) the Prophets (a.s) did not come with this. And Ibrahim (a.s) said: “[37:89] Then said: Lo! I feel sick!”, and he (a.s) was not sick and he (a.s) did not lie. And Ibrahim (a.s) has said: “[21:63] He said: "Nay, this was done by this their biggest one! Ask them, if they can speak!”, and he (their biggest idol) had not done it, and he (a.s) did not lie’. And Yusuf (a.s) has said: “[12:70] O camel-riders! Lo! Ye are surely thieves!” by Allah (azwj) they had not stolen, and he (a.s) had not lied’.