Forbearance — report 5

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hadith

ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

5ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الْعَوْسِيِّ الْكُوفِيِّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) مَا أَعَزَّ الله بِجَهْلٍ قَطُّ وَلا أَذَلَّ بِحِلْمٍ قَطُّ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

5. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ali ibn Hafs al-‘Awsi al-Kufi in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Allah has never given respect to anyone because of ignorance and He has never humiliated anyone who possessed forbearance.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 55, report 5

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · مرفوع · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/207)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/55/5. 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.