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Hadith 512
Hadith #
512
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
308
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «None rejects generosity except for a donkey»
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
2. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Ibn Faddal, from Ali bin Jahm, that he said
I heard Abu’l-Hasan, Musa, peace be upon him, say: None rejects generosity except for a donkey. I said: What thing is generosity? He said: Such as perfume and what one man generously offers to another man.
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن ابن فضال، عن علي بن الجهم، قال
سمعت أبا الحسن موسى عليه السلام يقول: لا يأبى الكرامة إلا حمار، قلت: أي شئ الكرامة؟ قال: مثل الطيب وما يكرم به الرجل الرجل.
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