Kitāb al-Muʾmin

Hadith 6
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6 - عن الفضيل بن يسار قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول إنّ الشياطين أكثرُ على المؤمن من الزّنابير على اللّحم
6. It has been narrated that al-Fuďayl ibn Yasar said: I heard Abu 'Abd Allah (al-Sadiq) (a.s) saying: “There are more devils on a believer (trying to misguide him) than flies on a piece of meat.”
Source: Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī

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