Hadith No. 12
“People have always been such that there has been one among them whom they have been commanded to obey since the time of Nuh, peace be upon him.”
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ [ت381ه] فِي «كَمَالِ الدِّينِ وَتَمَامِ النِّعْمَةِ»[1]، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ وَصَفْوَانِ بْنِ يَحْيَى جَمِيعًا، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ:
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ -يَعْنِي جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقَ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هَلْ كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا وَفِيهِمْ مَنْ قَدْ أُمِرُوا بِطَاعَتِهِ مُنْذُ كَانَ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ؟ قَالَ: لَمْ يَزَالُوا كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ.
Translation:
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Bābawayh [Died in 381 AH] has narrated in the book of “Kamāl al-Din wa Tamām al-Ni’mah”, (in this way that) has said: My father and Muhammad ibn Hasan may God be pleased with them, narrated to us, they said: Sa’d ibn Abdullah and Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari narrated to us, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isā and Muhammad ibn Isā ibn Ubayd, from Hussayn ibn Sa’id, from Ja’far ibn Bashir and Safwān ibn Yahyā both, from Mu’alli ibn Uthmān, from Mu’alli ibn Khunays that said:
I asked Abu Abdullah — meaning Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq — peace be upon him: Have people, from the time of Noah peace be upon him until now, been like other than this that there has been someone among them whom they have been commanded to obey? He said: They have been always like this, but most of them do not believe.
Consideration
قَالَ الْمَنْصُورُ حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: لَمْ يَنْفَرِدْ بِهِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ خُنَيْسٍ، بَلْ تَابَعَهُ هَارُونُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ الْغَنَوِيُّ.
Translation:
Mansoor may God protect him, said: Mu’alli ibn Khunays is not alone in narrating this narration, but rather Hārun ibn Hamzah al-Ghanawi has accompanied him.
Attestation No. 1
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ [ت381ه] فِي «كَمَالِ الدِّينِ وَتَمَامِ النِّعْمَةِ»[2]، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ شَعِرٍ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الْغَنَوِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً.
Translation:
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Bābawayh [Died in 381 AH] has narrated in the book of “Kamāl al-Din wa Tamām al-Ni’mah”, has said: My father may God be pleased with him, narrated to us, he said: Abdullah ibn Ja’far narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Hussayn narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Is’hāq Sha’ir, from Hārun ibn Hamzah al-Ghanawi that said: I said to Abu Abdullah (Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq) peace be upon him-so he has mentioned a narration like the above-mentioned without any difference.
