Gratitude and Thankfulness — report 18

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

18ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ خَرَجَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَدْ ضَاعَتْ دَابَّتُهُ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَدَّهَا الله عَلَيَّ لأشْكُرَنَّ الله حَقَّ شُكْرِهِ قَالَ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ أُتِيَ بِهَا فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لله فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ لَيْسَ قُلْتَ لأشْكُرَنَّ الله حَقَّ شُكْرِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْنِي قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لله.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

18. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad from al- Washsha’ from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام came out of the Mosque and his animal that he had ridden was missing. The Imam said, ‘If Allah will return my animal I will thank Him the way He must be thanked.’ Not long thereafter his animal was brought back. The Imam said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah.’ Someone then said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, did you not say, “I will thank Allah the way He must be thanked?’” The Imam said, ‘Did you not hear me saying, “All praise belongs to Allah?’””

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 48, report 18

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف على المشهور · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/158)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/48/18. 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.