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People are of three kinds

alkafi-15041Vol. 8, p. 226-227

كَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجَعَلَ يَذْكُرُ قُرَيْشاً وَ الْعَرَبَ‌[4] فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ دَعْ هَذَا النَّاسُ ثَلَاثَةٌ عَرَبِيٌّ وَ مَوْلًى وَ عِلْجٌ فَنَحْنُ الْعَرَبُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا الْمَوَالِي‌[5] وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ‌ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ عِلْجٌ‌[1] فَقَالَ الْقُرَشِيُّ تَقُولُ هَذَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَأَيْنَ أَفْخَاذُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْ

A slave of Abu Al-Hassan (asws) has said, ‘In the presence of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Musa (asws) was a man from Qureysh, who went on to mention the Qureysh and the Arabs. Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said during that; ‘Leave that! These people are three (types) – Arabs, and ‘مَوْلًى’ friends and faithless. So we (asws) are the Arabs

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