A Believer’s Signs and Qualities
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 99
33ـ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَيُّ الْخِصَالِ بِالْمَرْءِ أَجْمَلُ فَقَالَ وَقَارٌ بِلا مَهَابَةٍ وَسَمَاحٌ بِلا طَلَبِ مُكَافَأَةٍ وَتَشَاغُلٌ بِغَيْرِ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا.
33. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from al-Haytham al-Nahdi from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Umar from certain individuals of his people from Yahya ibn ‘Imran al-Halabi who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام ‘Which quality is more graceful for a man?’ The Imam said, ‘Of such qualities are: reverence that is not a cause for any fear, magnanimity without expecting any recompense, and business, but not in worldly matters.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/278)
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