Praying for Brothers (in Belief) in Their Absence — report 4

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4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ الله بْنِ عَبْدِ الله الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْقَمَّاطِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَسْرَعُ الدُّعَاءِ نُجْحاً لِلإجَابَةِ دُعَاءُ الأخِ لأخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ يَبْدَأُ بِالدُّعَاءِ لأخِيهِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ بِهِ آمِينَ وَلَكَ مِثْلاهُ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Ma’Bad from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Wasity from Durst ibn abu Mansur from abu Khalid al- Qammat who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far عليه السلام has said, ‘The prayer quickest to success and acceptance is one’s prayer for his brother (in belief) in his absence where one starts praying for him and the angels guarding say, ‘Amin’ You will have twice as much you asked for him.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 2, chapter 30, report 4

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/167)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/2/30/4. 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.