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Al-Kāfi

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

The Book about people with Divine Authority

If Secrets would be kept the Imams (a.s.) can tell everyone what is for and against them

687. hadíth Majlisī: مجهول

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) لَوْ كَانَ لالْسِنَتِكُمْ أَوْكِيَةٌ لَحَدَّثْتُ كُلَّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا لَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ.

1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadala ibn Ayyub from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn al-Mukhtar who has that abu Ja‘far (a.s.) has said the following. “Had there been a thing (zip) to contain (to sack) your tongues I would have spoken to everyone about what is for or against him.”

A fordítás angol nyelvű (Muhammad Sarwar), forrás: Thaqalayn.net.