Al-Khiṣāl 1, record 242 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Two Things Improve This Nation And Two Destroy It

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Arabic text

2-128 حدثنا أبوالحسن محمد بن أحمد بن علي بن أسد الاسدي قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن العامري قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن عيسى بن عبيد السدوسي قال: حدثنا سليمان بن عمرو، عن عبد الله بن حسن بن حسن بن علي، عن امه فاطمة بنت الحسين، عن أبيها عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن صلاح أول هذه الامة بالزهد واليقين، وهلاك آخرها بالشح والامل

Translation

2-128 Abul-Hassan Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali Asad Al-Asady narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Ameri quoted Ibrahim ibn Isa ibn Ubayd al-Sadoosi, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Amr, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Hassan ibn Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of his mother Fatimah - the daughter of Al-Hussein (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB)86 that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “The first two things that would improve this nation are abstinence and certitude, and the last two things that would destroy it are stinginess and having high aspirations.”

Translation: Dr. Ali Peiravi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 2-128 Abul-Hassan Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali Asad Al-Asady narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Ameri quoted Ibrahim ibn Isa ibn Ubayd al-Sadoosi, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Amr, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Hassan ibn Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of his mother Fatimah - the daughter of Al-Hussein (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB)86 that

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