Al-Khiṣāl - Part 9: On Nine-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 9: On Nine-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Nine Things Corrupt Nine 9-7 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، وعبد الله بن جعفر الح٠يعا، عن هارون بن ٠سعدة بن صدقة الربعي، عن جعفر بن ٠د عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليه٠قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: آفة الحديث الكذب وآفة العل٠النسيان، وآفة الحل٠السفه، وآفة العبادة الفترة، وآفة الظرف الصلف، وآفة الشجاعة البغي، وآفة السخاء ال٠ال الخيلاء، وآفة الحسب الفخر 9-7 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah and Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted Harun ibn Muslim, on the authority of Mus’adat ibn Sadaqe al-Rub’ee, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “What corrupts speech is lying.

What corrupts knowledge is forgetting. What corrupts patience is foolishness. What corrupts worshipping is laziness. What corrupts circumstances is boasting. What corrupts bravery is transgression. What corrupts generosity is mentioning it. What corrupts beauty is haughtiness. What corrupts lineage is pride.” عتبرة الإسناد - Shaykh Hadi al-Najafi (Mawsūʿat Aḥādīth (2/387))