Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: The Necessary Part of Social Manners َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ وَأَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) كَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَصْنَعَ فِي٠َا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْ٠َا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ خُلَطَائِنَا ٠ِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَالَ تُؤَدُّونَ الأ٠ُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ لَهُ٠ْ وَتَشْهَدُونَ جَنَائِزَهُ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan and Abu Ali al- Ash’ari from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Mu’awiyah ibn Wahab who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘What is the proper way to deal with ourselves, our people, our associates and the people in general?’ The Imam said, ‘You must return their trust, present your testimony for and against them, visit them during their illness and attend their funerals.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/527))