Kindness to Parents — report 8

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

8ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلادٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَدْعُو لِوَالِدَيَّ إِذَا كَانَا لا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لَهُمَا وَتَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُمَا وَإِنْ كَانَا حَيَّيْنِ لا يَعْرِفَانِ الْحَقَّ فَدَارِهِمَا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) قَالَ إِنَّ الله بَعَثَنِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ لا بِالْعُقُوقِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Mu’ammar ibn Khallad who has said the following: “I asked abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام ‘Can I pray for my parents who do not know the truth?’ The Imam said, ‘Pray for them and give charity on their behalf. If they are living and do not know the truth, be kind to them; the Messenger of Allah has said, “Allah has sent me with (message of) kindness and not to punish.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 69, report 8

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · صحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/417)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · صحيح · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 88

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/69/8. 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.