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78 – Abu Bakr narrated to us; Yusuf ibn Musa passed it on, Abu ʿUthman related, from Sahl ibn Shuʿayb, from Qanan al-Nahmi, from Jaʿd ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Hamdani, that al-Husayn ibn ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him:
“O Juʿayd, people are four kinds: some have khalaq (a share of fortune) but no khuluq (moral character); some have khuluq but no khalaq; some have neither khuluq nor khalaq, and they are the worst of people; and some possess both khuluq and khalaq, and they are the best of people.”
٧٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ: ثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثَنَا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ قَنَانٍ النَّهْمِيِّ، عَنْ جَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، أَنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، ﵄ قَالَ لَهُ: يَا جُعَيْدُ، " إِنَّ النَّاسَ أَرْبَعَةٌ: فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَهُ خَلَاقٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ خُلُقٌ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَهُ خُلُقٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ خَلَاقٌ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ خُلُقٌ وَلَا خَلَاقٌ فَذَاكَ أَشَرُّ النَّاسِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَهُ خُلُقٌ وَخَلَاقٌ، فَذَاكَ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ "