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hadith 1534
Hadith #
1534
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 6 - On One's Faults, the Heart and the Intellect
Chapter
Chapter 5 - On Facts and Chastity
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
۞
Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The people are like silver or gold mines. During the era of Ignorance there were no foundations for these mines, but in Islam there are foundations for them.”
عنه (عليه السلام) قال
الناس معادن كمعادن الذهب والفضة، ما كان له في الجاهلية أصل فإنه له في الإسلام أصل.
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