The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority)  عليه السلام — report 10

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

10ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ خَرَجْتُ سَنَةً مِنَ السِّنِينَ بِبَغْدَادَ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ فِي الْخُرُوجِ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَأَقَمْتُ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْماً وَقَدْ خَرَجَتِ الْقَافِلَةُ إِلَى النَّهْرَوَانِ فَأُذِنَ فِي الْخُرُوجِ لِي يَوْمَ الارْبِعَاءِ وَقِيلَ لِيَ اخْرُجْ فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا آيِسٌ مِنَ الْقَافِلَةِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَهَا فَوَافَيْتُ النَّهْرَوَانَ وَالْقَافِلَةُ مُقِيمَةٌ فَمَا كَانَ إِلا أَنْ أَعْلَفْتُ جِمَالِي شَيْئاً حَتَّى رَحَلَتِ الْقَافِلَةُ فَرَحَلْتُ وَقَدْ دَعَا لِي بِالسَّلامَةِ فَلَمْ أَلْقَ سُوءاً وَالْحَمْدُ لله.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

10. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated ‘Abdallah ibn Salih who has said the following “I lived in Baghdad and one year I requested permission (from the twelfth Imam عليه السلام to travel out but permission was not granted. I waited for twenty two days and the caravan had already left for al-Nahrawan then I was granted permission. It was a Wednesday and I was told to leave. I then left but I did not have any hope of reaching the caravan. I arrived at al-Nahrawan and the caravan was still there. I then had enough time to only feed my camels and then the caravan left. I journeyed with the caravan and he had prayed for my safety. I did not face any difficulties. All praise belongs to Allah.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 125, report 10

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · مجهول · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/182)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/125/10. 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.