مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ وَ ثَعْلَبَةَ رَفَعُوهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ أَوْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ:
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كَثْرَةُ الْمِزَاحِ تَذْهَبُ بِمَاءِ الْوَجْهِ وَ كَثْرَةُ الضَّحِكِ تَمُجُّ الْإِيمَانَ مَجّاً.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
14. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hajjal from Dawud ibn Farqad and Ali ibn ‘Aqabah and Tha’Labah in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) and abu Ja’far (a.s.) or one of them who has said the following: “Much joking eliminates the dignity of one’s face and much laughing hurls belief far away.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- مرفوعAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/569)
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[1]قال الشاعر و أجاد:ص 665
[2]المج: الرمى من الفم، مج الرجل الشراب من فيه إذا رمى به.ص 665