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Hadith 503
Hadith #
503
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
205
Part
Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
Three Characteristics of Imam Ali
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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3-261 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taleqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Ado’we quoted Ebad ibn Saheeb (ibn Ebad ibn Saheeb), on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefather, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB)
“A man asked the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) about his medium height, big belly and lack of hair on his forehead. The Commander of the Faithful (MGB) replied, ‘The Blessed the Sublime God has created me neither tall nor short, but of medium height so that I can cut a short enemy into two pieces from head to toe, and cut a tall enemy into two pieces from his waist. My belly is big since the Prophet (MGB) opened up to me a gate of knowledge from which a thousand doors to knowledge shall open up. Therefore, knowledge gathered up in my belly. And the reason why there is no hair on my forehead is that I have always worn a head armor and gone to fight with the enemy.”
3-261 حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الطالقاني رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي العدوي، عن عباد بن صهيب [بن عباد صهيب] عن أبيه، عن جده عن جعفر بن محمد عليه السلام قال
سأل رجل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام فقال له: أسألك عن ثلاث هن فيك: أسألك عن قصر خلقك، وعن كبر بطنك، وعن صلع رأسك فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: إن الله تبارك وتعالى لم يخلقني طويلا، ولم يخلقني قصيرا، ولكن خلقني معتدلا، أضرب القصير فأقده، وأضرب الطويل فأقطه وأما كبر بطني فان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله علمني بابا من العلم ففتح لي ذلك الباب ألف باب فازدحم العلم في بطني فنفجت عنه عضوي وأما صلع رأسي فمن إدمان لبس البيض ومجالدة الاقران
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