Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: The Necessary Part of Social Manners ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ْ بِالصَّلاةِ فِي الْ٠َسَاجِدِ وَحُسْنِ الْجِوَارِ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِقَا٠َةِ الشَّهَادَةِ وَحُضُورِ الْجَنَائِزِ إِنَّهُ لا بُدَّ لَكُ٠ِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ أَحَداً لا يَسْتَغْنِي عَنِ النَّاسِ حَيَاتَهُ وَالنَّاسُ لا بُدَّ لِبَعْضِهِ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Hadid from Murazim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘You must pray in the Mosques, maintain good neighborly relations with people, present your testimony, and attend funeral processions. You need people. There is no one who does not need people in his life. People need each other.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/527))