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Hadith 17
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17
Book
Al-Kāfi
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1
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1
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The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance
Chapter
The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance
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Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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16. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Ja‘far (al-Sadiq) (as) from his father (al-Baqir) (as) that Amir al-Mu’minin (as)
“Greed motivates the hearts of the ignorant people, longings and yearning keep them as hostages and deceit clings to them.”
16ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) قَالَ
قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ قُلُوبَ الْجُهَّالِ تَسْتَفِزُّهَا الاطْمَاعُ وَتَرْتَهِنُهَا الْمُنَى وَتَسْتَعْلِقُهَا الْخَدَائِعُ.
Tags Greed/StinginessIntellect/Reason
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