Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: There Are Four Types of People د بن الحسن رضي الله عنه٠ا قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن الهيث٠سروق النهدي بإسناده يرفعه إلى الحسن بن علي عليه٠قال:الناس أربعة: ف٠ن له خلق ولا خلاق له، و٠ن له خلاق ولا خلق له، و٠ن لا خلق ولا خلاق له، وذلك [٠ن له خلق وخلاق فذلك خير الناس 4-77 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Al-Haysam ibn Abi Masruq al-Nehdi who linked it up through a chain of narrators to Al-Hassan ibn Ali (MGB), “There are four types of people.

Some people are good-tempered but poor. Some people are wealthy but bad-tempered. Some people are neither good-tempered nor wealthy. They are the worst of the people. However, there are some people who are both good-tempered and wealthy. They are the best of the people.”