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Hadith 29
Hadith #
29
Book
Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa
Volume
1
Section
45
Part
Content
Chapter
Believers' dignity and resisting desires
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated from Sa’d bin Abdullah from … Hebbab al-Wasiti that Abu Abdullah (a) said
It is very ugly for a believer to be humiliated by his desires.
أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ حُبَابٍ اَلْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ
مَا أَقْبَحَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ رَغْبَةٌ تُذِلُّهُ.
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