hadith
4261
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Truly our traditions are hard and difficult, unbearable except by a near-stationed angel, a sent prophet, or a servant whose heart has been tested by Allah for faith, or a strongly guarded city. Amr narrated, ‘I then asked Shuayb, who had transmitted this tradition to me: ‘O Abu al-Hasan! What is the strongly guarded city? He replied, ‘I asked Abu Abdillah (AS) about it, and he said to me, ‘It is an all-comprehending heart.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ حَديثَنا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ ، لا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إلاّ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ ، أو نَبيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ ، أو عبدٌ امْتَحنَ اللّهُ قَلبَهُ للإيمانِ ، أو مَدينَةٌ حَصينَةٌ . قالَ عَمرو : فقلتُ لشُعيبٍ راوي الحديثِ : يا أبا الحسنِ ، وأيُّ شيءٍ المَدينَةُ الحَصينَةُ ؟ قالَ : فقالَ : سألتُ أبا عبدِ اللّه عليه السلام عنها فقالَ لي : القَلبُ المُجْتَمِعُ .
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