Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 260 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Path of Allah

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Arabic text

حدثنا أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الأشعري، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن الحسن بن راشد، قال: سألت أبا الحسن العسكري عليه السلام بالمدينة عن رجل أوصى بماله في سبيل الله. قال: سبيل الله شيعتنا.

Translation

3. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya bin Imran al-Ash’ari, from Muhammed bin Isa bin Ubayd, from Hasan bin Rashid, that he said: I asked Abu’l-Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon him, in Medina about a man who bequeathed with what he had (that it should be spent) for the Path of Allah. He said: The Path of Allah is our Shi’a.

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  1. 3. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy
  2. he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees
  3. he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya bin Imran al-Ash’ari
  4. Muhammed bin Isa bin Ubayd
  5. Hasan bin Rashid, that

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