Home / Books / Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa / Volume 1 / Traits incompatible with true belief / Hadith 39 Hadith 39 ۞ My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from … al-Harithi that Abu Abdullah (a) said Anyone who enjoys stinginess, envy, and cowardice cannot be believer. The believer is never coward, stingy, or acquisitive. أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنِ اَلْحَارِثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ اَلشُّحُّ وَ اَلْحَسَدُ وَ اَلْجُبْنُ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ اَلْمُؤْمِنُ جَبَاناً وَ لاَ شَحِيحاً وَ لاَ حَرِيصاً. Similar narrations Al-Khiṣāl #250 “Anyone who is miserly, jealous and cowardly is not a believer. A believer would not be cowardly, greedy or miserly.” All narrations in Traits incompatible with true belief Browse all books Search more hadith
Hadith 39 ۞ My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from … al-Harithi that Abu Abdullah (a) said Anyone who enjoys stinginess, envy, and cowardice cannot be believer. The believer is never coward, stingy, or acquisitive. أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنِ اَلْحَارِثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ اَلشُّحُّ وَ اَلْحَسَدُ وَ اَلْجُبْنُ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ اَلْمُؤْمِنُ جَبَاناً وَ لاَ شَحِيحاً وَ لاَ حَرِيصاً.