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People of the cave were old...

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عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ:

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قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِرَجُلٍ مَا الْفَتَى عِنْدَكُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ الشَّابُّ فَقَالَ لَا الْفَتَى الْمُؤْمِنُ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ كَانُوا شُيُوخاً فَسَمَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِتْيَةً بِإِيمَانِهِمْ.

Read English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn

595. Ali Bin Ibrahim, by an unbroken chain, said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) said to a man: ‘What are considered to be the young ones (Al-Fati) among you?’ He said to him (asws), ‘The youth’. So he (asws) said; ‘No! Al-Fati is the Believer. The Companions of the Cave (As’haab Al-Kahf) were old people, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Called them ‘Young men’ due to their belief’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Hadith gradings

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  • متلف فيهAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/606)
  • لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi