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hadith 1212
Hadith #
1212
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
1
Section
111
Part
The Book about people with Divine Authority
Chapter
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
32. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah who in a in a marfu‘ manner has narrated it from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following
“Abu Talib acknowledged Islam through the expression of al-Jummal (a system wherein each letter of the alphabet is given a certain numerical and instead of a letter its numeric value is used for secrecy or other reasons.) The Imam said, “He used a universal language.”
32ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
إِنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ أَسْلَمَ بِحِسَابِ الْجُمَّلِ قَالَ بِكُلِّ لِسَانٍ.
Tags Prophet MuhammadTaqiyyah (Dissimulation)

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