Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara - Book of Narrators

MuÊ¿jam al-AḥādÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara - Book of Narrators Chapter: A`sim b. Umar al-Bajali and Ka`b al-Ahbar [1/184] الكافي: علي بن إبراهي٠اعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان ج٠ر بن اذينة، عن زرارة قال: كنت قاعدا إلى جنب أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠ستقبل الكعبة، فقال: أ٠ا إن النظر إليها عبادة فجاءه رجل ٠ن بجيلة يقال له: عاص٠ر فقال لابي جعفر عليه السلاÙ: إن كعب الاحبار كان يقول: إن الكعبة تسجد لبيت ال٠قدس في كل غداة، فقال أبوجعفر عليه السلا٠ا قال كعب؟ فقال: صدق، القول ٠ا قال كعب فقال أبوجعفر عليه السلاÙ: كذبت وكذب كعب الاحبار ٠عك وغضب; قال زرارة ٠ارأيته استقبل أحدا بقول كذبت غيره … 1.

[1/184] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from his father and Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan all together from Ibn Abi Umayr from Umar b. Udhayna from Zurara who said: I was seated at the side of Abi Ja`far عليه السلا٠who was seated with his legs drawn up to the belly [enfolding them with his hands] while facing the Ka`ba when he [the Imam] said: looking at it [the Ka`ba] is a form of worship. Then a man from Bajila called A`sim b.

Umar came to him and said: Ka`b al-Ahbar used to say: the Ka`ba prostrates to Bayt al-Maqdis every morning, Abu Ja`far عليه السلا٠said: what is your opinion about what Ka`b said? He [A`sim] said: he spoke the truth – it is as Ka`b said, so Abu Ja`far عليه السلا٠said: you have lied and Ka`b al-Ahbar has lied with you, and he became angry, Zurara said: I had never seen him saying to someone ‘you have lied’ to his face other than to him [i.e.

A`sim] … عتبر - Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni (Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara)