The Rights of a Believer on his Brother (in belief) and his duty to observe Such Rights — report 1

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1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ مِنْ حَقِّ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يُشْبِعَ جَوْعَتَهُ وَيُوَارِيَ عَوْرَتَهُ وَيُفَرِّجَ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ وَيَقْضِيَ دَيْنَهُ فَإِذَا مَاتَ خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَوُلْدِهِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘ Amirah from ‘ Amr ibn Shamir from Jabir from abu Ja’far عليه السلام who has said the following: “Of the rights of the believer on his believing brother (in belief) is to satisfy his hunger, provide covering for his privacy, facilitate his hardships and pay off his debts. When he dies, look after his family and children.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 75, report 1

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/27)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/75/1. 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.