Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: Funny Stories and Laughing 20ـ عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْ٠ِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الأوَّلِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا (عَلَيهِ٠) يَبْكِي وَلا يَضْحَكُ وَكَانَ عِيسَى ابْنُ ٠) يَضْحَكُ وَيَبْكِي وَكَانَ الَّذِي يَصْنَعُ عِيسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُ يَحْيَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠20.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ibn Faddal from al- Hassan ibn al-Jahm from Ibrahim ibn Mehzam from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu al-Hassan, the first (a.s.) who has said the following: “Yahya (John) ibn Zakariya would weep and would not laugh. Isa (Jesus), son of Maryam would laugh and weep.

What Isa (Jesus) did was better than what Yahya would do.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/570))