Gratitude and Thankfulness — report 23

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hadith

ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

23ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَلاءِ فَاحْمَدُوا الله وَلا تُسْمِعُوهُمْ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَحْزُنُهُمْ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

23. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from Harun ibn al-Jahm from Hafs ibn ‘Umar from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘When you see people who are in affliction, express the praise of Allah but do not make them hear it; it may cause them to feel sad.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 48, report 23

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · مجهول · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/160)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/48/23. 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.