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Hadith 265
Hadith #
265
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
139
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of pilgrimage
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Hammad bin Isa, from Aban bin Uthman, from the one who informed him, that he said
I said to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: Why was it named a pilgrimage? He said: Pilgrimage is success. It is said: Such-a-person performed the pilgrimage, meaning that he achieved success.
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن أبان بن عثمان، عمن أخبره، قال
قلت لأبي جعفر عليه السلام: لم سمي الحج؟ قال: الحج الفلاح، يقال: حج فلان أي أفلح.
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