Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: The Rarity of Believers ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ ٠ُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ كَا٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُ٠ُ ثَلاثاً إِلا قَلِيلاً ٠ِنُ غَرِيبٌ ثَلاثَ ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn abu Najaran from Muthanna al-Hannat from Kamil al-Tammar who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja’far (a.s.) saying three times, ‘People are animals, people are animals, people are animals, except a few of believers. Believers are rare, believers are rare, and believers are rare, (more cherished).”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/285))