Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ قَوْ٠ْ إِذْ ذَكَرَ رَجُلٌ ٠ْ رَجُلاً فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ وَشَكَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) وَأَنَّى لَكَ بِأَخِيكَ كُلِّهِ وَأَيُّ الرِّجَالِ الْ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Hajjal from Tha’Labah ibn Maymun from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once in the presence of Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) there were people speaking to him. One man mentioned the name of another man and he began to criticize him and complained against him.

Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) asked, ‘Where from can you have a perfect brother? Who is among man, free and pure of faults and flaws?”’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/550))