Knowledge of foreign languages

Miracles of Masoomeen
It is narrated from Ali bin Mahziyar who said:
‘I sent my Slavic slave to Abul Hasan and the boy returned to me astonished. I asked, ‘What is the matter with you, O my son?’ He said, ‘How can I not be astonished? He did not cease speaking to me in Slavic language, it is as if he is one of us.’ I thought that he might have lived among them.”

Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, Pg. 408; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 50, Pg. 130; Basairud Darajaat, Pg. 333; Kashful Ghumma, Vol. 2, Pg. 389, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.167

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