hadith
2345
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Imam al-Baqir (AS), explaining the characteristics of an Imam, said, ‘[He must be] of legitimate birth and well-bred, he neither gets distracted and nor does he play.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في تَبْيينِ عَلاَمةِ الإمامِ ـ: طَهارَةُ الوِلادَةِ وحُسْنُ المَنْشأ، ولا يَلْهو ولا يَلْعبُ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #745 “ Being of pure birth, good up bringing and that he would not trifle or engage in amusement.”