Hadith 488
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9. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammed bin Khalid al-Barqi, from Abu Qutada al-Qommi, that he ascribed it to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said
What is manliness? We said: We do not know. He said: Manliness is that a man places his dining table in the unroofed space of his home. Manliness is (consisting of) two (dimensions of) manlinesses. Then he mentioned the like of the narration that preceded.
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن خالد البرقي، عن أبي قتادة القمي رفعه إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام
أنه قال: ما المروءة؟ فقلنا: لا نعلم. قال: المروءة أن يضع الرجل خوانه بفناء داره، والمروءة مروتان - فذكر نحو الحديث الذي تقدم -.
Similar narrations
- Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #486 Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: A man’s seek to cause harmony in his land is from (the trait of) manliness.