The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority)  عليه السلام — report 20

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

20ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَمَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ آبَةَ شَيْئاً يُوصِلُهُ وَنَسِيَ سَيْفاً بِ‏آبَةَ فَأَنْفَذَ مَا كَانَ مَعَهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مَا خَبَرُ السَّيْفِ الَّذِي نَسِيتَهُ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

20. ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad said: A man from the people of Ābah carried something to deliver (to the office of the Imam عليه السلام ), but forgot a sword in Ābah. He sent what he had with him (the delivery was made), and a letter was written to him, asking: "What about the sword that you forgot?"

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 125, report 20

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · صحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/193)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/125/20. 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.