A small saying about the caravan of Ya’qub ,'Alayhim al-Salam
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 179
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَنَا سَيَّارَةٌ مِثْلُ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ.
179. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar, from a man, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام having said: ‘our عليه الصلاة والسلام matter (treatment of people towards us) is like that of the Children of Yaqoub عليه السلام (towards him عليه السلام) until Allah عز وجل Judges between us عليه الصلاة والسلام and His عز وجل creatures’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/32)
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