The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 15 (#Ḥadīth #15)

15ـ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ مَا كَلَّمَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ الْعِبَادَ بِكُنْهِ عَقْلِهِ قَطُّ وَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِنَّا مَعَاشِرَ الانْبِيَاءِ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ.

15. A group of our people has narrted from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from one of our people that Abu 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) stated: "The Rasulullah ﷺ never spoke to people according to his own level of intellect. He stated that the Rasulullah ﷺ said, 'We, the community of the Prophets, are commanded to speak to people up to the level of their intelligence.'"

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).