3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtin from Fadl ibn Kathir al-Mada’iniy from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Once certain person of his people came to him (the Imam) and he saw on him (the Imam) a shirt with a patch stitched on it and he kept looking at it. Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, said, ‘What is the matter; what are you looking at?’ He replied, ‘I look at the patch stitched on your shirt.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Pick up this book and read what is in it.’ There was a book before him (the Imam) or near him (the Imam). The man looked in it and there it said, ‘There is no faith and belief in one who does not have any bashfulness, no wealth for one who has no planning and nothing new for one who does have any old item.’”
IsnādUn certain nombre de nos compagnons ont rapporté de Sahl ibn Ziyad, de Muhammad ibn 'Isa, de al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Yaqtin, de al-Fadl ibn Kathir al-Mada'ini, de celui qui l'a mentionné, de Abu 'Abdullah (sur lui la paix), a dit:
Il entra chez lui l'un de ses compagnons et vit sur lui une chemise avec une tache. Il commença à le regarder et Abu 'Abdullah (sur lui la paix) lui dit: "Pourquoi regardes-tu ?" Il répondit: "Une tache est tombée sur ta chemise." Il lui dit alors: "Frappe ta main sur ce livre et lis ce qu'il contient." Et il avait devant lui un livre ou quelque chose de similaire. L'homme regarda et vit écrit: "Celui qui n'a pas de pudeur n'a pas de foi, celui qui n'a pas de retenue n'a pas de richesse, et celui qui n'a pas de nouveauté n'a pas de caractère."
