Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

حدثنا محمد بن علي بن بشار القزويني - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا المظفر بن أحمد، قال: حدثني أبو الحسين محمد بن جعفر الكوفي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسماعيل البرمكي، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن أحمد الأحمري، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن سليمان، قال: حدثنا ثابت بن دينار، عن علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه الحسين، عن أبيه علي عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: خير المال سكة مأبورة ومهرة مأمورة.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali bin Bashar al-Qazwini, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Mudaffar bin Ahmad, that he said: I was told by Abu’l-Hussain, Muhammed bin Ja’far al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Isma’eel al-Barmaki, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Ahmari, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Sulayman, that he said: We were told by Thabit bin Dinar, from Ali bin Hussain, from his father, Hussain, from his father, Ali, peace be upon them, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The best of money is a sikka ma’bura and a filly that is ma’mura.

حدثنا أبو نصر محمد بن الحسين بن الحسن الديلمي الجوهري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب الأصم، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبيد الله المنادي، قال: حدثنا روح بن عبادة، قال: حدثنا أبو نعامة العدوي، عن مسلم بن بديل، عن إياس بن زهير، عن سويد بن هبيرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: خير مال المرء مهرة مأمورة أو سكة مأبورة.

2. We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Hussain bin Hasan al-Daylami al-Jawhari, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ya’qoub al-Asam, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ubaidullah al-Munadi, that he said: We were told by Ruh bin Ubada, that he said: We were told by Abu Na’ama al-‘Adawi, from Muslim bin Badeel, from Iyas bin Zuhair, from Suwayd bin Habeera, from the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: The best money of an individual is a filly that is ma’mura or a sikka ma’bura.