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Hadith 169
Hadith #
169
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
44
Part
Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
Doing Good is Only Valued by Those Who Have Two Characteristics
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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2-55 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted Ahmad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Sayf ibn Umayrih, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB)
“Doing good is only valued by those who are honorable or religious.”
2-55 حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن سيف بن عميرة عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
لا تصلح الصنيعة إلا عند ذي حسب أو دين
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