The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 142 (#Ḥadīth #3)

2-28 حدثنا جعفر بن علي بن الحسن الكوفي - رحمه الله - عن أبيه علي ابن الحسن، عن أبيه الحسن بن علي بن عبد الله المغيرة، عن عبد الله بن المغيرة، عن السكوني، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لا خير في العيش إلا لرجلين: عالم مطاع، أو مستمع واع

2-28 Ja’far ibn Ali ibn al-Hassan al-Kufy - may God have Mercy upon him - narrated that his father Ali ibn al-Hassan quoted on the authority of his father Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefathers, on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “There in no good in life except for two men: a knowledgeable one who is obeyed, and an obedient student.”

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