Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Hadith 974
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حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ أَذَاعَ فَاحِشَهً کَانَ کَمُبْتَدِئِهَا وَ مَنْ عَیَّرَ مُؤْمِناً بِشَیْ ءٍ لَا یَمُوتُ حَتَّی یَرْکَبَهُ.
2. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who spreads scandal is like one who started it. One who hurts a believer in any way will not die until he has faced the same calamity.”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq