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6ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ مَرَّ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ بِامْرَأَةٍ بِمِنًى وَهِيَ تَبْكِي وَصِبْيَانُهَا حَوْلَهَا يَبْكُونَ وَقَدْ مَاتَتْ لَهَا بَقَرَةٌ فَدَنَا مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا مَا يُبْكِيكِ يَا أَمَةَ الله قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ الله إِنَّ لَنَا صِبْيَاناً يَتَامَى وَكَانَتْ لِي بَقَرَةٌ مَعِيشَتِي وَمَعِيشَةُ صِبْيَانِي كَانَ مِنْهَا وَقَدْ مَاتَتْ وَبَقِيتُ مُنْقَطَعاً بِي وَبِوُلْدِي لا حِيلَةَ لَنَا فَقَالَ يَا أَمَةَ الله هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ أُحْيِيَهَا لَكِ فَأُلْهِمَتْ أَنْ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ يَا عَبْدَ الله فَتَنَحَّى وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ هُنَيْئَةً وَحَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَوَّتَ بِالْبَقَرَةِ فَنَخَسَهَا نَخْسَةً أَوْ ضَرَبَهَا بِرِجْلِهِ فَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الارْضِ قَائِمَةً فَلَمَّا نَظَرْتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى الْبَقَرَةِ صَاحَتْ وَقَالَتْ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَخَالَطَ النَّاسَ وَصَارَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمَضَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام )
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
6. From Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Mughira who has said the following: "The pious servant of Allah (Imam Kadhim عليه السلام ) passed in Mina by a woman who was weeping and her children around her also were weeping because her cow was dead. He went close to her and asked, 'What has caused you to weep O slave of Allah?' She said, 'O servant of Allah, we have orphan children. Our cow that was our means for our living has died and we are left without any means of living.' He asked 'Oh maiden of Allah, would you like me to bring your cow back to life?' She was just inspired to say, 'Yes, O servant of Allah I will be very happy.' He stepped aside and said two Rak‘at prayers. He then raised his hands gently and moved his lips. He then stood up and called the cow to get up. He pushed the cow with his foot or a staff and she was up straight and standing. When the woman looked at the cow she cried and said, 'Jesus, son of Mary, I swear by the Lord of the Ka‘aba!' Many people gathered around and he disappeared among them and went."
Source & scholarly assessments
Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 120, report 6
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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · صحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/66)
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/120/6. 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/1/4/120/6. 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.