Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals Chapter: The Rare Ahadith about the Stumpers وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ أَ٠ِنِينَ ( عليه السلا٠) وَ هُوَ رَاكِبٌ فَ٠َعَهُ فَقَالَ أَ لَكُ٠ْ حَاجَةٌ قَالُوا لَا وَ لَكِنَّا نُحِبُّ أَنْ نَ٠َعَكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ٠ُ انْصَرِفُوا فَإِنَّ ٠َفْسَدَةٌ لِلرَّاكِبِ وَ ٠16.

Through the same chain of narrators as that of the previous Hadith the following is narrated: “Once ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), came out riding and people walked with him.

He (the Imam) asked, ‘Do you need me for something?’ They replied, ‘No, but we love to walk with you.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must go back; walking with a rider is harmful for the rider and humiliation for the walking people.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/459))