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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT
10ـ الْحُسَيْنُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّ الله أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ خَلَقَ مُحَمَّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَعِتْرَتَهُ الْهُدَاةَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ فَكَانُوا أَشْبَاحَ نُورٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الله قُلْتُ وَمَا الاشْبَاحُ قَالَ ظِلُّ النُّورِ أَبْدَانٌ نُورَانِيَّةٌ بِلا أَرْوَاحٍ وَكَانَ مُؤَيَّداً بِرُوحٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَهِيَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ فَبِهِ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ الله وَعِتْرَتَهُ وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ حُلَمَاءَ عُلَمَاءَ بَرَرَةً أَصْفِيَاءَ يَعْبُدُونَ الله بِالصَّلاةِ وَالصَّوْمِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ وَيُصَلُّونَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَيَحُجُّونَ وَيَصُومُونَ.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
10. Al-Husayn has narrated from (Muhammad) b. ‘Abdallah from Muhammad b. Sinan from Al Mufaddal from Jabir b. Yazid who has said the following. “Once Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام said to me, ‘Oh Jabir, the first thing that Allah created was Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and his offspring who are the rightly guided guides. They existed in ’Ashbah (form) of light in the presence of Allah.’ I then asked, ‘What is ’Ashbah?’ The Imam عليه السلام said, ‘It is the shadow of light, the lighting bodies without the spirit. It was supported by one spirit, the Holy Spirit. In that state he and his offspring worshipped Allah and for this reason He created them forbearing scholars, conscientious pure ones who worship Allah through prayer, fasting, prostration, speaking of His Glory and the acknowledgment that He is the only Lord. They perform prayers, perform Hajj and fast.’”
Source & scholarly assessments
Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 111, report 10
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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف على المشهور · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/196)
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
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Arabic witness SHA-256: 93b13abf2890bee0f1ddf79af30eac562b6a8cc73ac97206edfbdbca4e90fea2
Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/111/10. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.
Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/111/10. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.
