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Shia hadith/Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 247 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «None rejects generosity except for a donkey»

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Arabic text

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن أحمد بن محمد البزنطي، قال: قال أبو الحسن الرضا عليه السلام: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: لا يأبى الكرامة إلا حمار، قلت: وما معنى ذلك؟ فقال: ذلك في الطيب يعرض عليه، والتوسعة في المجلس، من أباهما كان كما قال.

Translation

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Ahmad bin Muhammed al-Bazanti, that he said: Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said: None rejects generosity except for a donkey. I said: And what is the meaning of that? So he said: That is with regards to the one to whom perfume is presented, and (to whom it is offered) a wide sitting place. The one who rejects them, is as he said.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah
  2. Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid
  3. Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi
  4. Ahmad bin Muhammed al-Bazanti
  5. he said: Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him
  6. he said

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