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Hadith 440
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3971 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي اَلصَّبَّاحِ اَلْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "يَا أَبَا اَلصَّبَّاحِ شِرَاءُ اَلدَّقِيقِ ذُلٌّ وَ شِرَاءُ اَلْحِنْطَةِ عِزٌّ وَ شِرَاءُ اَلْخُبْزِ فَقْرٌ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ اَلْفَقْرِ ".
Hadith.3971 - It is narrated from Abu Al-Sabbah Al-Kinani that Abu Abdullah (as), said: "O Abu Al-Sabbah! Buying flour is humiliation, buying wheat is honor, and buying bread is poverty. So seek refuge with Allah (swt) from poverty."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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