بَكْرٌ وَ أَظُنُّنِي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّا لَنُحِبُّ مَنْ كَانَ عَاقِلًا فَهِماً فَقِيهاً حَلِيماً مُدَارِياً صَبُوراً صَدُوقاً وَفِيّاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَصَّ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِمَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلَاقِ فَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِيهِ فَلْيَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لْيَسْأَلْهُ إِيَّاهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا هُنَّ قَالَ هُنَّ الْوَرَعُ وَ الْقَنَاعَةُ وَ الصَّبْرُ وَ الشُّكْرُ وَ الْحِلْمُ وَ الْحَيَاءُ وَ السَّخَاءُ وَ الشَّجَاعَةُ وَ الْغَيْرَةُ وَ الْبِرُّ وَ صِدْقُ الْحَدِيثِ وَ أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ .
Translation
From him, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Hashimy, from Ismail Bin Abbad who said, ‘Bakr said, and I think he heard it from Ismail, from Abu Abdullah Bin Bakr, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘We<sup>asws</sup> love the one who was an intellectual, understanding, scholarly, forbearing, kind, patient, truthful, loyal. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Specialise the Prophets<sup>as</sup> with the noble mannerisms. So the one in whom these are, so let him Praise Allah<sup>azwj</sup> upon that, and the one in whom these do not happen to be, so let him beseech to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic and let him ask Him<sup>azwj</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! And what are these?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘These are – the piety, and the contentment, and the patience, and the gratefulness, and the forbearance, and the bashfulness, and the generosity, and the bravery, and the self-esteem, and the goodwill, and truthful of the discussion, and payment of the entrustment’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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