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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter on Carrying a Staff During Travel

541. hadíth

2412 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «تَعَصَّوْا فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ سُنَنِ إِخْوَانِيَ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ وَ كَانَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ اَلصِّغَارُ وَ اَلْكِبَارُ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى اَلْعَصَا حَتَّى لاَ يَخْتَالُوا فِي مَشْيِهِمْ.

Hadith.2412 - Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "Use a staff, for it is among the practices of my brothers, the Prophets. The children and the elders of Banu Israel would walk with staffs so that they would not become haughty in their walking."

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