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Hadith #1

4-91 حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن علي بن محمد القاساني، عن القاسم بن محمد الاصبهاني، عن سليمان بن داود، عن سفيان بن نجيح عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال قال سليمان بن داود عليهما السلام: اوتينا ما اوتی الناس ومالم يؤتوا، وعلمنا علم الناس ومالم يعلموا, فلم نجد شيئا أفضل من خشية الله في الغيب والمشهد، والقصد في الغنى والفقر، وكلمة الحق في الرضا والغضب، والتضرع إلى الله عز وجل في كل حال

4-91 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasani, on the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Isfahani, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Davood, on the authority of Sufyan ibn Najih that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “Solomon - the son of David (MGB) said, ‘We have been granted whatever has been granted to the people or not, and we have been taught whatever the people have been taught or not. We found nothing to be better than fearing God in public and private; frugality both at times of poverty and being wealthy; telling the truth whether it be pleasing to us or to our loss; and supplicating to the Honorable the Exalted God in all circumstances.”



Hadith #2

4-92 حدثنا جعفر بن علی بن الحسين بن علی بن عبد الله بن المغيره الکوفی رضی الله عنه، عن جده الحسن بن علي، عن جده، عن جده عبد الله بن المغيرة، عن إسماعيل بن أبي  زياد (السكوني) عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه ، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: النساء أربع جامع مجمع، وربيع مربع، وكرب مقمع وغل قملقال مصنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: جامع مجمع أي كثير الخير مخصبة وربيع مربع التي في حجرها ولد وفي بطنها آخر وكرب مقمع أي سيئة الخلق مع زوجها، وغل قمل أي هي عند زوجها كالغل القمل، وهو غل من جلد يقع فيه القمل في أكله فلا يتهيأ أن يحل (منه شيء، وهو مثل للعرب ).

4-92 Ja’far ibn Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih al-Kufy - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his grandfather Al-Hassan ibn Ali quoted his grandfather, on the authority of his grandfather Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Abi Zyad (al-Sakoony ), 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, “Women are in four types: Ones with a good sustenance; ones with good springs; ones who are suffocating anguishes and burdening lice-infested parasites.”The compiler of the book said, “What is meant by ‘ones with a good sustenance’ is women who are good and have a good deal of God-given daily sustenance. What is meant by ‘good springs’ is women who are pregnant, even though they have some children. What is meant by ‘suffocating anguishes’ is women who are bad-tempered with their husbands. What is meant by ‘burdening lice-infested parasites’ is bad women with whom their husbands are stuck. Their husbands are tied up and can neither help themselves not get away from them.”