Book 2, Chapter #17


Chapter on narrating books and Hadith (The virtue of writing and its preservation)

Ḥadīth #8

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8ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الاحْمَسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (a.s) قَالَ الْقَلْبُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى الْكِتَابَةِ.

8. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu Ayyub al-Madani from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Husayn al-Ahmasi from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s) who has said the following. “The heart relies on writing.”