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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Zuhd 1

Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, record 169 of the digital edition

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · Showing off, Hypocrisy, Self-Admiration, and Conceit

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Arabic text

النضر بن سويد عن محمد بن سنان عن إسحاق بن عمار عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن عالما أتى عابدا فقال له: كيف صلاتك؟ فقال: تسئلني عن صلاتي وانا أعبد الله منذ كذا وكذا فقال له: كيف بكائك؟ فقال: انى لا بكى حتى تجرى دموعي فقال له العالم: فان ضحكك وأنت تخاف الله أفضل من بكائك وأنت مدل على على الله ان المدل بعمله لا يصعد من عمله شئ.

Translation

3.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Muḥammad ibn Sinān, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAmmār, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “A scholar once came to a worshipper and said to him, ‘How is your prayer?’ He replied, ‘You are asking me about my prayer while I have been worshipping Allah since such-and-such a time?’ So he asked him, ‘How are you weeping?’ He replied, ‘Verily I weep until my tears flow [down my face].’ So the scholar said to him, ‘Indeed your laughter while you fear Allah is better than your weeping while you are self-conceited before Allah! Verily the one who is self-conceited due to his actions has none of his deeds ascend [to Allah].’”

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 3.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated
  2. Muḥammad ibn Sinān
  3. Isḥāq ibn ʿAmmār
  4. Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said

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