Kitāb al-Muʾmin

Hadith 117
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وقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: لقضاء حاجة المؤمن خير من عتق ألف نسمة، ومن حملان ألف فرس في سبيل الله
117. Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) also said: Fulfilling the need of a believer is better than freeing one thousand slaves and better than providing one thousand horses in the way of Allah.
Source: Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī

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