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29ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الازْدِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ كَانَ كَافِراً فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا كَيْفَ يَكُونُ كَافِراً وَهُوَ يَقُولُ. أَ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّا وَجَدْنَا مُحَمَّداً نَبِيّاً كَمُوسَى خُطَّ فِي أَوَّلِ الْكُتُبِ. وَفِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ كَافِراً وَهُوَ يَقُولُ. لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ ابْنَنَا لا مُكَذَّبٌ لَدَيْنَا وَلا يَعْبَأُ بِقِيلِ الابَاطِلِوَ أَبْيَضُ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلارَامِلِ.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
29. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Azdi from Ishaq ibn Ja‘far from his father عليه السلام who said: “It was said to him (the Imam): 'people claim that Abu Talib was an unbeliever.' He عليه السلام said: 'They lied, how could he be an unbeliever when he would say: “Do they not know that we found Muhammad as a prophet like Musa whose name is written in the ancient books.”? According to another hadith he said, “How could Abu Talib be an unbeliever when he would say, “They certainly know that our child is not a liar to us and the false words are not paid any attention to. The (beautiful) white face (of Muhammad) that prays for rain from the clouds, is the helper of the orphans and the protector of the widows.’”
Source & scholarly assessments
Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 111, report 29
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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · صحيح وآخره مرسل · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/253)
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
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Arabic witness SHA-256: d7e3631b7e3bf88cc8219d2bd6fccdc9bd1728f17038c2ad3bd32f5074cbcdb9
Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/111/29. 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/1/4/111/29. 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.
