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إِنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ أَسْلَمَ بِحِسَابِ الْجُمَّلِ قَالَ بِكُلِّ لِسَانٍ.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
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.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary1 available source
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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2- مرفوعAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/257)
- لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi