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) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخَيْبَرِيِّ عَنِ الْ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) اكْتُبْ وَبُثَّ عِلْ٠َكَ فِي إِخْوَانِكَ فَإِنْ ٠ِتَّ فَأَوْرِثْ كُتُبَكَ بَنِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَ٠َانُ هَرْجٍ لا يَأْنَسُونَ فِيهِ إِلا بِكُتُبِهِ٠11.

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi from certain persons of his people from abu Sa‘id al-Khaybari from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said, ‘You must write down (Hadith) and spread your knowledge among your brethren. If you will die your children will inherit your books.

A time will come when people will face chaos and they will find no comfort but with their books.’” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/180))