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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (part 2) Chapter 17 : Chapter On Narrating Books and Hadith (the Virtue of Writing and Its Preservation) H 139, Ch. 17, H 1 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from Mansur ibn Yunus from abu Basir who has said the following. "(Imam) abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) said about the words of Allah in the holy Quran, " . . . Our servants who listen to the words and only follow the best ones . . ..

(39:18)." "He is a man who learns Hadith and reports it as he has learned without any additions of omissions" H 140, Ch. 17, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn abu 'Umayr from ibn 'Udhayna from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. "I asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), 'Can I add to or omit from a Hadith that I hear from you?'" He said, "It is alight, if you would preserve the meaning,'" H 140, Ch.

17, h 3 It is narrated from him from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn Sinan from Dawud ibn Farqad who has said the following. "I asked (Imam) abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), 'I hear your statement and I want to narrate to others but it does not come through exactly.'" The Imam asked, "Do you do it purposely?" He said, "No, I do not do it purposely." The Imam asked, "Do you keep the meaning?" He said, "Yes, I keep the meaning." The Imam said, "It then is alright." H 141, Ch.

17, h 4 It is narrated from him from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir who has said the following. "Abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) said to Jamil, 'What you hear from me narrate it from my father.'" H 142, Ch. 17, h 5 It is narrated from him from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn Mahbub from 'Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said the following.

"I said to (Imam) abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), 'People come to me and they listen to the Ahadith that I narrate to them from you. I become tired and weak.'" The Imam said, "Narrate to them a Hadith from the beginning and one from the middle and one from the end." H 143, Ch. 17, h 6 It is narrated from him from Ahmad ibn 'Umar al-Hallal who has said the following.

"I said to (Imam) abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), 'One of our people gives me a book but he does not say whether I can narrate any thing from it or not. Can I narrate from it?'" He has said that the Imam (a.s.) said, "Yes, you can narrate if you would that the book is his." H 144, Ch.