The Hardest Thing is One Characteristic that Cannot Be Avoided Unless We Abandon Another Characteristic

1-17 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Salt quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul-Rahman, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “The disciples told Jesus - the son of Mary, ‘O Teacher of the good! Teach us what the hardest thing is.’ He (MGB) said, ‘