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Hadith 69
Hadith #
69
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
1
Section
5
Part
The Book on Virtue of Knowledge
Chapter
Chapter on the Qualities of the Scholars
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Muhammad ibn ‘Ism’il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan al-Naysaburi, all from Safwan ibn Yahya from abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) who has said the following.
“Of the signs of Fiqh, good understanding of religion is forbearance and quietness.”
4ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ النَّيْسَابُورِيِّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
إِنَّ مِنْ عَلامَاتِ الْفِقْهِ الْحِلْمَ وَالصَّمْتَ.
Tags SilenceIntellect/Reason

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