SacredTwo
Shia hadith/Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 301 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the one with two faces and two tongues

Shia · narrations

Reports differ in authenticity, attribution, context and interpretation across scholarly traditions. Inclusion here is not authentication or endorsement.

Full notice

Hadith reports may differ in authenticity, attribution, context, and interpretation across Islamic scholarly traditions. Inclusion in this library does not constitute authentication or endorsement. Readers are encouraged to consult qualified scholars before drawing religious or legal conclusions.

2

Arabic text

حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثني محمد بن يحيى العطار قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن علي بن النعمان، عن عبد الله بن مسكان، عن داود بن فرقد، عن أبي شيبة عن الزهري، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام، قال: بئس العبد عبد يكون ذا وجهين وذا لسانين يطري أخاه شاهدا ويأكله غائبا ، إن أعطي حسده وإن ابتلي خذله.

Translation

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: I was told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, from Hasan bin Ali bin Faddal, from Ali bin Nu’man, from Abdullah, bin Maskan, from Dawud bin Farqad, from Abu Shayba al-Zuhri, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, that he said: The worst of servants is a servant who has two faces and two tongues; (by which) he is tender with his brother in (his) presence and eats him in (his) absence, (and) if he is given, he envies him, and if he is afflicted, he abandons him.

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

Explain Related narrations Related versesSelect or long-press any passage for its tools

Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah be pleased with him
  2. he said: I was told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar
  3. he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab
  4. Hasan bin Ali bin Faddal
  5. Ali bin Nu’man
  6. Abdullah, bin Maskan
  7. Dawud bin Farqad
  8. Abu Shayba al-Zuhri
  9. Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both
  10. he said

Narrator names are reproduced from the edition. Biographical profiles (Rijal al-Najashi, Rijal al-Tusi, Muʿjam Rijal al-Hadith) are not yet ingested, so SacredTwo does not link a narrator to a profile it cannot show.

Published assessments

This edition publishes no authenticity assessment for this narration. SacredTwo does not assign one.

What is and is not verified on this page

  • Source text: reproduced verbatim from the named digital edition. It has not been collated against a printed copy.
  • Attribution and chain: recorded as the edition publishes them. SacredTwo does not reconstruct or complete a chain.
  • Authenticity: reported only where a named scholar's published grading exists. SacredTwo never assigns a grade.
  • Interpretation: explanations on SacredTwo are labelled as explanation, not as scholarly review, consensus or ruling.

Persian rendering (AI)

No published Persian translation of this edition is available. This rendering is produced by SacredTwo's model and is not a published translation.

AI explanation

AI-assisted translation — not a verified published translation.

Ask SacredTwo about it Source