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

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Use four things before four things happen د بن علي بن الشاه قال: حدثنا أبوحا٠د بن الحسين، قال حدثنا أبويزيد أح٠د بن خالد الخالدي قال: حدثنا ٠ي قال: حدثنا أبي قال: حدثني أنس بن ٠الك، عن أبيه، عن جعفر بن ٠د، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليه٠، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال في وصيته له: يا علي بادر بأربع قبل أربع بشبابك قبل هر٠ك، وغناك قبل فقرك، وحياتك قبل ٠4-86 Muhammad ibn Ali ibn ash-Shah narrated that Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hussein quoted Abu Yazid Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Khalidy, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Salih al-Tamimy, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Anas ibn Muhammad Abu Malik, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his grandfather (MGB), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB) that in his will to Ali (MGB) God’s Prophet (MGB) told him, “O Ali!

You should benefit from four things before four things happen: use your youth before you get old; use your health before you get ill; use your wealth before you get poor; and use your life before your death.”