Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: The Necessity to Honor an Old Muslim 5ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي نَهْشَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ إِجْلالِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِجْلالُ الْ٠ِنِ ذِي الشَّيْبَةِ وَ٠َةِ الله بَدَأَ وَ٠َنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِ٠ِنٍ ذِي شَيْبَةٍ أَرْسَلَ الله إِلَيْهِ ٠َنْ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِهِ قَبْلَ ٠5.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from abu Nahshal from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) said to me, ‘It is respecting Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, to respect an old believing person. Whoever honors an old believing person has begun (with) honoring Allah.

Whoever disrespects an old believing person, Allah will send to him someone who will disrespect him before his death.’” سكت عنه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/560))