Hadith 688
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Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from al-`Abbas b. Ma`ruf from Bakr b. Muhammad al-Azdi from Abi Basir. He said
Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) said: The foundations of disbelief are three: greed, arrogance, and envy. As for greed, when Adam (as) was prohibited from the tree, greed caused him to eat from it. As for arrogance, when Iblis refused to prostrate to Adam, he was arrogant. As for envy, one of Adam's sons killed the other due to envy.
7 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن العباس بن معروف، عن بكر بن محمد الازدي، عن أبي بصير، قال
قال أبو عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام): أصول الكفر ثلاثة: الحرص، والاستكبار، والحسد، فأما الحرص فإن آدم (عليه السلام) حين نهي عن الشجرة حمله الحرص إلى أن أكل منها، وأما الاستكبار فإبليس حين أمر بالسجود لآدم استكبر، وأما الحسد فابنا آدم حين قتل أحدهما صاحبه حسدا (1).
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