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Hadith 72
Hadith #
72
Book
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl
Volume
1
Section
42
Part
Rewards
Chapter
Reward of washing one’s head with Marshmallow (Khatmi)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
2. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Muhammad b. Isa from Abi Ayoob’ al-Madaini from Ibn Abi ’Umayra from Sufyan b. al-Shamt [al-Samt] from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said
“It is a protection.”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ أَبِی أَیُّوبَ الْمَدَائِنِیِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عَمِیرَهَ عَنْ سُفْیَانَ بْنِ الشمط [السِّمْطِ] عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ
غَسْلُ الرَّأْسِ بِالْخِطْمِیِّ یَنْفِی الْفَقْرَ وَ یَزِیدُ فِی الرِّزْقِ وَ قَالَ هُوَ نشر [نُشْرَهٌ].
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