Excellence in Moral Behaviors — report 8

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hadith

ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

8ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ الْبِرُّ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ يَعْمُرَانِ الدِّيَارَ وَيَزِيدَانِ فِي الأعْمَارِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

8. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام has said, ‘Virtuous deeds and excellent moral behavior develop the cities and add to longevity of life.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 49, report 8

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · حسن كالصحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/169)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/49/8. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.