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Hadith 869
Hadith #
869
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
2
Section
100
Part
The Book of Belief and Disbelief
Chapter
The Rarity of Believers
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn abu Najaran from Muthanna al-Hannat from Kamil al-Tammar who has said the following
“I heard abu Ja’far (a.s.) saying three times, ‘People are animals, people are animals, people are animals, except a few of believers. Believers are rare, believers are rare, and believers are rare, (more cherished).”’
2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ مُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ كَامِلٍ التَّمَّارِ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ بَهَائِمُ ثَلاثاً إِلا قَلِيلاً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ غَرِيبٌ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ.
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