Hadith 547
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Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab narrated to us from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal from `Ali b. al-Nu`man from `Abdullah b. Muskan from Dawud b. Farqad from Abi Shayba al-Zuhri from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir (as). He said
The worst of worshipers is a worshiper with two faces and two tongues. He commends his brother when he is around, and he consumes him [in gossip] when he is absent. When he is given, he envies, and when he suffers, he lets him down.
18 - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن علي بن النعمان، عن عبد الله بن مسكان، عن داود بن فرقد، عن أبي شيبة الزهري، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (عليه السلام)، قال
بئس العبد عبد يكون ذا وجهين وذا لسانين، يطري أخاه شاهدا، ويأكله غائبا، إن أعطى حسده، وإن ابتلي خذله (4).
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