Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, narration 76

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · On Good Character, Kindness and Anger

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Arabic text

محمد بن أبي عمير عن علي الأخمشي عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن حسن الخلق يذيب الخطيئة كما تذيب الشمس الجليد وان سوء الخلق ليفسد العمل كما يفسد الخلق العسل.

Translation

17.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from ʿAlī al-Aḥmasī, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Verily good character melts away sin the way ice is melted by the sun, and bad character corrupts action the way vinegar spoils honey.”

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

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  1. 17.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated
  2. ʿAlī al-Aḥmasī
  3. Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said

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