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Hadith 407
Hadith #
407
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
244
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of the intellects of women and the beauty of men
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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1. We were told by Muhammed bin Umar bin Muhammed bin Salem bin Baraa’ al-Ju’abi, the Keeper, al-Baghdadi, that he said: I was told by Ahmad bin Ubaidullah al-Thaqafi, Abu’l-Abbas, that he said: We were told by Isa bin Muhammed, the Scribe, that he said: I was told by al-Mada’ini, from Ghiyath bin Ibrahim, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon them, that he said
Ali bin Abi Talib, Allah’s blessings be upon him, said: The intellects of women are in their beauty, and the beauty of men is in their intellects.
حدثنا محمد بن عمر بن محمد بن سالم بن البراء الجعابي الحافظ البغدادي، قال: حدثني أحمد بن عبيد الله الثقفي أبو العباس قال: حدثنا عيسى بن محمد الكاتب، قال: حدثني المدائني، عن غياث بن إبراهيم، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام قال
قال علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليه: عقول النساء في جمالهن، وجمال الرجال في عقولهم.
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