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Hadith 538
Hadith #
538
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
15
Part
Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
The Four Back-Breaking Things
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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4-24 Muhammad ibn Ali ibn ash-Shah narrated that Abu Hamid quoted Abu Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Salih al-Tamimy, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Anas ibn Muhammad Abu Malik, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his grandfather (MGB), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB) that in his will to Ali (MGB) God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
O Ali, four issues are back-breaking: a leader who is obeyed while he disobeys God; a wife who is disloyal to her husband while he is considerate of her; poverty which the poor cannot overcome; and a permanently bad neighbor.”
4-24 حدثنا محمد بن علي بن الشاه قال: حدثنا أبوحامد قال: حدثنا أبويزيد قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن صالح التميمي، عن أبيه قال: حدثني أنس ابن محمد أبومالك، عن أبيه، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام قال
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: في وصيته لي: يا علي أربعة من قواصم الظهر: إمام يعصي الله ويطاع أمره، وزوجة يحفظها زوجها وهي تخونه، وفقر لا يجد صاحبه له مداويا، وجار سوء في دار مقام
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