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Hadith 226
Hadith #
226
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
2
Section
4
Part
Book of Fasting
Chapter
Chapter on the Recommended Fasts of the Year
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.1797 - It is narrated by Dawud al-Raqqi from Abu Abdullah (Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as)), Imam (as) said
"Breaking your fast at your brother's home is better than fasting seventy or even ninety times."
1797 - وَ رَوَى دَاوُدُ اَلرَّقِّيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
«لَإِفْطَارُكَ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَخِيكَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صِيَامِكَ سَبْعِينَ ضِعْفاً أَوْ تِسْعِينَ ضِعْفاً ».
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