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hadith 745
Hadith #
745
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 3 - On Good Deeds and Noble Traits
Chapter
Chapter 9 - On Encouraging to Write and to Correspond
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
۞
Ibn Hakim narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) said
“There is no problem in writing your friend’s name before your name in a letter.”
عن ابن حكيم قال
قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): لا بأس بابتداء الرجل باسم صاحبه في الصحيفة قبل اسمه.
Tags Etiquette

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