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Hadith 1009
Hadith #
1009
Book
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl
Volume
1
Section
98
Part
Punishments
Chapter
Punishment of Innovation
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
3. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from Abi Khalid from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) who said
“The lowest form of polytheism is to invent a new religion and hate and love according to it.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِی خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ
أَدْنَی الشِّرْکِ أَنْ یَبْتَدِعَ الرَّجُلُ رَأْیاً فَیُحِبَّ عَلَیْهِ وَ یُبْغِضَ.
Tags Polytheism/Idolatry

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