hadith
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God's Prophet (a.s) said: “The most incapable ones are those who are incapable of supplication, and the most stingy ones are those who are stingy about greeting.”
وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): إن أعجز الناس من عجز عن الدعاء، وإن أبخل الناس من بخل بالسلام.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #4036 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the weakest person is the one who is incapable of supplicating.
- Mishkāt al-Anwār #1118 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A miser is one who is stingy about greeting.”
- Mishkāt al-Anwār #1368 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A stingy person is one who is even stingy about greeting.”
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2675 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most miserly person is he who is miserly with his greeting [i.e. he does not greet others].
- Al-Amālī #348 The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "The most helpless person is the one who renders himself unable to supplicate (to...
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4456 Imam Ali (AS) said, The most miserly of people is the only who is stingy with his Salām.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #3600 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most miserly of all people is he who withholds his greeting.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3092 Imam Ali (AS) said, The most incapable of all people is the one who is unable to supplicate.