Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Nothing is Better Than the Following Five On the Eid ul-Azha 5-69 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أح٠د بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن ٠د الايادي، عن عبد الله بن ٠شي في بر الوالدين، أو ذي رح٠قاطع يأخذ عليه بالفضل ويبدؤه بالسلا٠ن صالح نسكه ودعا إلى بقيتها جيرانه ٠لوك، وتعاهد الاسراء 5-69 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn al-Hussein al-Sa’ed Abady quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Ayadi, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Amr ibn Shimr, on the authority of Aban ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), “Nothing is better than the following five on the day of Eid ul-Azha: offering (an animal); visiting one’s parents; re-establishing ties of kinship with those relatives with whom such ties are broken and being kind to them, greeting them and assisting them with one’s extra income; eating some of one’s own offering and feeding the rest to the orphans, the needy, the slaves and the helpless neighbors; visiting imprisoned persons and being kind to them.”