عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعُدَيْسِ قَالَ
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قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا صَالِحُ اتَّبِعْ مَنْ يُبْكِيكَ وَ هُوَ لَكَ نَاصِحٌ وَ لَا تَتَّبِعْ مَنْ يُضْحِكُكَ وَ هُوَ لَكَ غَاشٌّ وَ سَتَرِدُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً فَتَعْلَمُونَ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
2. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Najran from Muhammad ibn al-Salt from Aban from abu al-’Udays who has said the following: “O Salih, follow the one who makes you cry while providing good advice and do not follow the one who makes you laugh but is cheating. You will all return to Allah and will find out.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
Hadith gradings
1- مجهولAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/531)