Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 34

Criteria of a man’s excellence
1 Ḥadīth

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ [بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الطَّيَّارِ] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) حَسَبُ الْمَرْءِ دِينُهُ وَ مُرُوءَتُهُ وَ عَقْلُهُ وَ شَرَفُهُ وَ جَمَالُهُ وَ كَرَمُهُ تَقْوَاهُ .


34. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Saaleh, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al-Mugheira who said: ‘It has been narrated to me by Ja’far Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Tayyaar (a.s), from Abu Abdullah (a.s), from his (a.s) father (a.s) having said: ‘The Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj) said: ‘The status of the man is (in accordance to) his Religion, and his chivalry, and his intellect, and his nobility, and his beauty, and his generosity, and his piety.