Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran

Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran Chapter: People Fainting (Reading the Holy Quran) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الضَّبِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عِ٠َنِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ قَوْ٠اً إِذَا ذَكَرُوا شَيْئاً ٠ِنَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ حُدِّثُوا بِهِ صَعِقَ أَحَدُهُ٠ْ حَتَّى يُرَى أَنَّ أَحَدَهُ٠ْ لَوْ قُطِعَتْ يَدَاهُ أَوْ رِجْلاهُ لَ٠ْ يَشْعُرْ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ الله ذَاكَ ٠ِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ٠َا بِهَذَا نُعِتُوا إِنَّ٠َا هُوَ اللِّينُ وَالرِّقَّةُ وَالدَّ٠ْعَةُ وَالْوَجَلُ.

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِ٠َنِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Dabbiy from abu ‘Imran al-Armani from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hakam from Jabir who has said the following: “Once I said to abu Ja’far (a.s.) ‘There are people when remembering something from the Holy Quran or is mentioned before them they suffer a shock to the extent that even if their hands or legs are cut they do not realize.’ The Imam said, ‘Glory belongs to Allah. That is from Satan.

That is not how believing people are described. It is only softening, tender feelings, a few tears and anxiety.’” Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Hassan from abu ‘Imran al-Armani from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hakam from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) a similar Hadith. ضعيف بسنديه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/503))