Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Signs of Getting Old Are Three د بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الحسن الصفار، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن ٠ولى أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠ع أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠ررنا باحد قال: ترى الثقب الذي فيه، قلت: نع٠ا أنا فلست أراه، وعلا٠ة الكبر ثلاث: كلال البصر، وانحناء الظهر، ورقة القد٠3-23 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Abdul-Hamid that Al-Sabah - the servant of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “I was accompanying Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) when we reached Mount Uhud.

The Imam (MGB) asked me, ‘Do you see the whole in the mountain?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I do.’ The Imam (MGB) said, ‘However, I do not see it. There are three signs for getting old. Reduction of sight, bending of the back and shortening of steps.”