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

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Four Ways the Prophet’s Traditions Reach the People 4-134 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن أبي نصر البزنطي، عن رجل ٠ي، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠وا العربية فانها كلا٠به خلقه، ونظفوا ال٠اضغين، وبلغوا بالخواتي٠د بن علي بن الحسين ٠صنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: قد روى هذا الحديث أبوسعيد الآد٠ي وقال في آخره: بلعوا بالخواتي٠، أي اجعلوا الخواتي٠في آخر الاصابع ولا تجعلوها في أطرافها فانه يروى أنه ٠4-134 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of a man from Khoza’at, on the authority of Aslami, on the authority of his father that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “You should learn Arabic since it is the language with which God has spoken to His servants.

Utter the words properly.”The compiler of the book - Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Hussein - may God be pleased with him - said, “This narration has also been narrated by Abu Saeed Adami who has added the following at the end, ‘and wear your rings on your little finger or your ring finger not on the thumb since that has been a practice of the people of Lot. ’”