Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Error and Deviation

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hadith 5484
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most destructive thing is persistent deviation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أهْلَكُ شَيْء اِسْتِدامَةُ الضّلالِ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 5485
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a deviation has been embellished by a verse from the Book of Allah just as a bronze dirham is embellished by a coat of silver.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ ضَلالَة زُخْرِفَتْ بِآيَة مِنْ كِتابِ اللّهِ كَما يُزَخْرَفُ الدِّرْهَمُ النُّحاسُ بِالفِضَّةِ المُمَوَّهَةِ
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceQur'an
hadith 5486
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is enough of an error for a person to command others to do what he does not do [himself] and forbids them from that which he does not refrain from.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَفى بِالمَرْءِ غَوايَةً أنْ يَأمُرَ النّاسَ بِما لا يَأْتَمِرُ بِهِ وَ يَنْهاهُمْ عَمّا لا يَنْتَهي عَنْهُ
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceEnjoining Good/Forbidding Evil
hadith 5487
Imam Ali (AS) said, For every deviation there is a cause.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِكُلِّ ضِلَّة عِلَّةٌ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 5488
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is there after truth except error?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما ذا بَعْدَ الحَقِّ إلاّ الضَّلالُ
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceTruthfulness