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Hadith 1110
Hadith #
1110
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
1
Part
Part 14: On Fourteen-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
The fourteen characteristics of dye
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
14-1 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Nahavandi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baghdadi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Mobarak, on the authority of Abdullah ibnZayd who linked it up through a chain of narrators to the Prophet (MGB)
“It is better to spend a single Dirham for dye than to spend one-thousand Dirhams for the sake of God, since it has fourteen characteristics. It releases the wind from the ears, it improves the sight. It softens the nasals. It makes your breath smell fresh, strengthens the gums, and eliminates weakness. It lessens Satanic inspirations, gladdens the angels, delivers glad tidings to the believers, and enrages the disbelievers. It is both one’s ornament and scent. It would make the questioning angels (Nakir and Munkar ) feel shy.”
14-1 حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الاشعري، عن إبراهيم بن إسحاق النهاوندي، عن محمد بن علي البغدادي عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن المبارك، عن عبد الله بن زيدرفع الحديث إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله
أنه قال: درهم في الخضاب أفضل من نفقة ألف درهم في سبيل الله، وفيه أربع عشرة خصلة: يطرد الريح من الاذنين، ويجلو الغشاوة عن البصر، ويلين الخياشيم، ويطيب النكهة، ويشد اللثة، ويذهب بالضنى ويقل وسوسة الشيطان، وتفرح به الملائكة. ويستبشر به المؤمن، ويغبظ به الكافر، وهو زينة وطيب، وبراءة في قبره، ويستحيى منه منكر ونكير
Tags Dress and Adornment

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