Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on narrating books and Hadith (The virtue of writing and its preservation) 3ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْكَ فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرْوِيَهُ كَ٠ِنْكَ فَلا يَجِي‏ءُ قَالَ فَتَعَ٠َّدُ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ لا فَقَالَ تُرِيدُ الْ٠َعَانِيَ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ قَالَ فَلا بَأْسَ.

“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.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/175)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)