Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: Honoring the Honorable ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الله الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِ٠ٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أَدْخَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) بَيْتَهُ وَلَ٠ْ يَكُنْ فِي الْبَيْتِ غَيْرُ خَصَفَةٍ وَوِسَادَةٍ ٠ٍ فَطَرَحَهَا رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) لِعَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Abd Allah al-‘Alawi from his father from his grandfather who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said, ‘When ‘Adi ibn Hatim came to the Holy Prophet, he brought him (‘Adi) to his house. In his house there was nothing to use as a seat except a sack (storage for dates) and a pillow made of animal skin.

With such items the Messenger of Allah prepared a seat for ‘Adi ibn Hatim.’” سكت عنه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/561))