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Hadith 117
Hadith #
117
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
3
Part
Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
Two Strange Things to Put up with
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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2-3 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Al-Nawfaly, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
There are two strange things you must put up with: Accept a wise saying said by a fool, and forgive a foolish saying said by a wise man.”
2-3 حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسن الصفار، عن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن النوفلي، عن السكوني، عن جعفر ابن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: غريبتان فاحتملوهما كلمة حكم من سفيه فاقبلوها، وكلمة سفه من حكيم فاغفروها
Tags Wisdom

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