Amr b. Abi Miqdam said, ‘Abu Jafar (AS) said, when I first went to visit him, ‘Learn honesty before speech.
عَمرو بنِ أبي المِقدامِ: قال لي أبو جَعفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في أوَّلِ دَخلَةٍ دَخَلتُ عَلَيهِ ـ: تَعَلَّموا الصِّدقَ قَبلَ الحَديثِ.
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