The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 169 (#Ḥadīth #1)
Chapter 44 | Doing Good is Only Valued by Those Who Have Two Characteristics
2-55 حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن سيف بن عميرة عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: لا تصلح الصنيعة إلا عند ذي حسب أو دين
2-55 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted Ahmad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Sayf ibn Umayrih, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “Doing good is only valued by those who are honorable or religious.”
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