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Hadith 166
Hadith #
166
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
41
Part
Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
Seek Nearness to the Honorable the Exalted God with Two Characteristics
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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2-52 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Abil-Qasim quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Umar ibn Yazid, on the authority of Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB)
“Being kind is different from paying the alms-tax. Seek nearness to the Honorable the Exalted God with kindness and visiting the relations of kin.”
2-52 حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه رضي الله عنه، عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن عمر بن يزيد قال
قال أبوعبد الله عليه السلام المعروف شيء سوى الزكاة، فتقربوا إلى الله عز وجل بالبر وصلة الرحم
Tags Spending in God's PathRelatives/Kinship

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