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Hadith 472
Hadith #
472
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
284
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of the saying of the scholar, peace be upon him: «The blemish of a believer upon another believer is forbidden»
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
2. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from Abdullah bin Sinan, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said
Did he say: «The blemish of a believer upon another believer is forbidden»? He said: Yes. I said: Does he mean the two lower organs (of him). He said: It is not as you think. It is only the disclosure of his secret.
حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن محبوب عن عبد الله بن سنان عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
قال له: عورة المؤمن على المؤمن حرام؟ قال: نعم. قلت: يعني سفليه؟ قال: ليس هو حيث تذهب إنما هو إذاعة سره.
Tags Secrets/Concealment

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