Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Foolishness

Volume 1 23 narrations
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hadith 2547
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is occupying oneself with the superfluous and accompanying the ignorant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ اَلاِسْتِهْتارُ بِالفُضُولِ وَ مُصاحَبَةُ الْجَهُولِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2548
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is an ailment which cannot be remedied and a sickness that cannot be cured.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ داءٌ لا يُداوى وَ مَرَضٌ لا يَبْرَءُ
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hadith 2549
Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst indigence is foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْقَرُ الفَقْرِ الْحُمْقُ
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hadith 2550
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most harmful thing is foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أضَرُّ شَيْء الحُمْقُ
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hadith 2551
Imam Ali (AS) said, The height of foolishness is being beguiled [by the pleasures of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْمَقُ الْحُمْقِ الاِغْتِرارُ
Tags Intellect/ReasonHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 2552
Imam Ali (AS) said, The greatest foolishness is exaggeration in praise and censure.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أكْبَرُ الْحُمْقِ اَلإغْراقُ فِي المَدْحِ وَ الذَّمِّ
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hadith 2553
Imam Ali (AS) said, The greatest foolishness is being conceited in [the state of] poverty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْظَمُ الْحَماقَةِ اَلاِخْتِيالُ فِي الفاقَةِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonArrogance/Pride
hadith 2554
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is a disgrace.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ شَيْنٌ
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hadith 2555
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is the most harmful companion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ أضَرُّ الأصْحابِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2556
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is the worst ailment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ أدْوَأُ الدّاءِ
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hadith 2557
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness leads to superfluity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ يُوجِبُ الفُضُولَ
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hadith 2558
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is from the fruits of ignorance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ مِنْ ثِمارِ الْجَهْلِ
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hadith 2559
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness makes one a stranger in his own hometown.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ فِي الوَطَنِ غُرْبَةٌ
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hadith 2560
Imam Ali (AS) said, How bad an ailment foolishness is!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئْسَ الدّاءُ الْحُمْقُ
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hadith 2561
Imam Ali (AS) said, The poverty of foolishness is not alleviated by [material] wealth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَقْرُ الْحُمْقِ لايُغْنيهِ الْمالُ
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hadith 2562
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being conceited in poverty is the height of foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ كَمالِ الْحَماقَةِ الاِخْتِيالُ فيِ الفاقَةِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonArrogance/Pride
hadith 2563
Imam Ali (AS) said, Establishing brotherhood with the vicious is from the greatest [acts of] foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ أعْظَمِ الْحُمْقِ مُواخاةُ الفُجّارِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonBrotherhoodGood Company
hadith 2564
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنَ الْحُمْقِ الدالَّةُ عَلَى السُّلْطانِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGovernance
hadith 2565
Imam Ali (AS) said, From the signs of foolishness are: being audacious without any means and boasting without [possessing] any nobility.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ دَلائِلِ الْحُمْقِ دالَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ آلَة وَ صَلَفٌ بِغَيْرِ شَرَف
Tags Intellect/ReasonBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)
hadith 2566
Imam Ali (AS) said, With foolishness, what is sought is not achieved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُدْرَكُ مَعَ الْحُمْقِ مَطْلَبٌ
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hadith 2567
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no ailment worse than foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاداءَ أدْوَأُ مِنَ الْحُمْقِ
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hadith 2568
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no poverty more severe than foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لافاقَةَ أشَدُّ مِنَ الْحُمْقِ
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hadith 2569
Imam Ali (AS) said, Foolishness is wretchedness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْحُمْقُ شَقاءٌ
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