Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Social Interaction and Mingling

Volume 1 52 narrations
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Good Company 42 Justice 7 Brotherhood 4 God-consciousness/Piety 4 Love 4 Mercy 3 Intellect/Reason 3 Oppression 2 Backbiting/Slander 2 Forgiveness 2 Etiquette 2 Trials and Afflictions 2 Rights 1 Hypocrisy 1 Equality 1 Enjoining Good/Forbidding Evil 1 Dress and Adornment 1 Wisdom 1 Patience 1

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hadith 6330
Imam Ali (AS) said, Social interaction with people of merits is enlivening for the hearts.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُعاشَرَةُ ذَوِي الفَضائِلِ حَياةُ القُلُوبِ
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hadith 6331
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not your family or those whom you love be the most miserable of people because of you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَكُنْ أهْلُكَ وَ ذُو وُدِّكَ (ذُوُوكَ) أشْقَى النّاسِ بِكَ
Tags Good CompanyRights
hadith 6332
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not alienate a person whose separation will harm you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُوحِشَنَّ امْرَءً يَسُوءُكَ فِراقُهُ
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hadith 6333
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who mingles with people is afflicted by the evil associate and the hypocrisy of the enemy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يُبْتَلى مُخالِطُ النّاسِ بِقَرينِ السُّوءِ وَ مداجاةِ العَدُوِّ
Tags Good CompanyHypocrisy
hadith 6334
Imam Ali (AS) said, Preserve [the respect of others] and your respect will be preserved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أبْقِ يُبْقَ عَلَيْكَ
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hadith 6335
Imam Ali (AS) said, Mix sternness with gentleness, and be gentle as long as gentleness is more befitting.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِخْلِطِ الشِدَّةَ بِرِفْق وَ ارْفُقْ ما كانَ الرِّفْقُ أوْفَقَ
Tags Good CompanyMercy
hadith 6336
Imam Ali (AS) said, Imbibe your heart with mercy for all the people and kindness towards them, and do not oppress them or be [like] a sword over them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أَشْعِرْ قَلْبَكَ الرَّحْمَةَ لَجَميعِ النّاسِ وَ الإحْسانِ إلَيْهِمْ وَلاتُنِلْهُمْ حَيْفاً وَلاتَكُنْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْفاً
Tags MercyOppression
hadith 6337
Imam Ali (AS) said, Remember you brother who is absent in the same way that which you would like him to remember you [in your absence] and keep away from what he dislikes; and disregard from him that which you would like him to disregard from you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أُذْكُرْ أخاكَ إذا غابَ بِالَّذي تُحِبُّ أنْ يَذْكُرَكَ بِهِ وَ إيّاكَ وَما يَكْرَهُ وَدَعْهُ مِمّا تُحِبُّ أنْ يَدَعَكَ مِنْهُ
Tags BrotherhoodBackbiting/Slander
hadith 6338
Imam Ali (AS) said, Loathe from yourself what you loathe from others and like for people what you like for yourself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إسْتَقْبِحْ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ ما تَسْتَقْبِحُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِكَ وَ ارْضَ لِلنّاسِ بِما تَرْضاهُ لِنَفْسِكَ
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hadith 6339
Imam Ali (AS) said, Reduced mingling preserves religion and relieves one from having to associate with wicked people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِلَّةُ الخُلْطَةِ تَصُونُ الدّينَ وَ تُريحُ مِنْ مُقارَنَةِ الأشْرارِ
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hadith 6340
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be equitable to people over yourself, your family, your near ones and those from whom you desire something, and be just with both enemy and friend.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أنْصِفِ النّاسَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ وَ أهْلِكَ وَخاصَّتِكَ ومَنْ لَكَ فيهِ هَوًى وَ أعْدِلْ فِي العَدُوِّ وَ الصَّدِيقِ
Tags JusticeEquality
hadith 6341
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be friendly with the one who is friendly with you, accept the excuse of the one who seeks your pardon and do good to the one who wrongs you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أجْمِلْ إدْلالَ مَنْ أدَلَّ عَلَيْكَ وَ اقْبَلْ عُذْرَ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إلَيْكَ وَ أحْسِنْ إلى مَنْ أساءَ إلَيْكَ
Tags ForgivenessGood Company
hadith 6342
Imam Ali (AS) said, Guard well the sanctities [of such things that are sacrosanct] and draw near to the people of magnanimity, for indeed guarding the sanctities [and boundaries] demonstrates an honourable character and drawing near to the magnanimous indicates nobility of purpose.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسِن رِعايَةَ الحُرُماتِ وَ أقْبِلْ عَلى أهْلِ المُرُوءاتِ فَإنَّ رِعايَةَ الحُرُماتِ تَدُلُّ عَلى كَرَمِ الشِّيمَةِ وَ الإقبالَ عَلى ذَوِى المُرُوءاتِ يُعْرِبُ عَنْ شَرَفِ الهِمَّةِ
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hadith 6343
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be merciful to the one who is under you and the one who is above you will be merciful to you; compare his forgetfulness with your forgetfulness and his disobedience with your disobedience to you Lord, and his need of your mercy to your need of the mercy of your Lord.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِرْحَمْ مَنْ دُونَكَ يَرْحَمْكَ مَنْ فَوْقَكَ وَقِسْ سَهْوَهُ بِسَهْوِكَ وَ مَعْصِيَتَهُ لَكَ بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ لِرَبِّكَ وَ فَقْرَهُ إلى رَحْمَتِكَ بِفَقْرِكَ إلى رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ
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hadith 6344
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cling to the people of virtue and piety, and request them not compliment you, for indeed excessive praise brings one close to being deceived [about his true status] and being pleased with it causes the displeasure of Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِلْصَقْ بِأهْلِ الخَيْرِ وَ الوَرَعِ وَرَضِّهِمْ عَلى أنْ لايُطْرُوكَ فَإنَّ كَثْرَةَ الإطْراءِ تُدْني مِنَ الغِرَّةِ وَ الرِّضا بِذلِكَ يُوجِبُ مِنَ اللّهِ المَقْتَ
Tags Good CompanyGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 6345
Imam Ali (AS) said, Make your self a gauge between you and the other; love for him what you love for your self, and hate for him what you hate for it, and do good as you would like good to be done to you, and do not oppress just as you would like not to be oppressed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ ميزاناً بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ غَيْرِكَ وَ أحِبَّ لَهُ ما تُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِكَ وَ اكْرَهْ لَهُ ما تَكْرَهُ لَها وَ أحْسِنْ كَما تُحِبُّ أنْ يُحْسَنَ إلَيْكَ وَ لاتَظْلِمْ كَما تُحِبُّ أنْ لاتُظْلَمَ
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hadith 6346
Imam Ali (AS) said, Associate with people in the way that you would like them to associate with you, [by doing this] you will be safe from them and they will be safe from you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إصْحَبِ النّاسَ بِما تُحِبُّ أنْ يَصْحَبُوكَ تَأمَنْهُمْ وَ يَأمَنُوكَ
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hadith 6347
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep away from socializing with evil people for they are like fire - the one who comes in contact with it gets burnt.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ مُعاشَرَةَ الأشْرارِ فَإنَّهُمْ كَالنّارِ مُباشَرَتُها تُحْرِقُ
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hadith 6348
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep away from socializing with those who look for the faults (or sins) of people, for indeed even their companion is not safe from them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَمُعاشَرَةَ مُتَتَبِّعي عُيُوبِ (الذُّنُوبِ) النّاسِ فَإنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْلَمْ مُصاحِبُهُمْ مِنْهُمْ
Tags Good CompanyBackbiting/Slander
hadith 6349
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be sure to keep away from that which angers your Lord and alienates people from you, for the one who angers his Lord is faced with annihilation and one who alienates people renounces freedom.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ ما يُسْخِطُ رَبَّكَ وَ يُوحِشُ النّاسَ مِنْكَ فَمَنْ أسْخَطَ رَبَّهُ تَعَرَّضَ لِلْمَنِيَّةِ وَ مَنْ أوْحَشَ النّاسَ تَبَرَّأ مِنَ الحُرِّيَّةِ
Tags Good CompanyGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 6350
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful to keep away from turning your backs on each other, cutting off ties with each other, and abandoning the enjoining of good and prohibiting of evil [with respect to one another].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكُمْ وَ التَّدابُرَ وَ التَّقاطُعَ وَ تَرْكَ الأمْرِ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهيِ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding EvilBrotherhood
hadith 6351
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most deserving of those whom you love is the one who does not forsake you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوْلى مَنْ أحْبَبْتَ مَنْ لايَقْلاكَ
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hadith 6352
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most equitable conduct is for you to deal with people in the way you would like them to deal with you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْدَلُ السيرَةِ أنْ تُعامِلَ النّاسَ بِما تُحِبُّ أنْ يُعامِلُوكَ بِهِ
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hadith 6353
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most unjust conduct is for you to seek equity from people while not dealing with them in the same way.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أجْوَرُ السِّيرَةِ أنْ تَنْتَصِفَ مِنَ النّاسِ وَ لاتُعامِلَهُمْ بِهِ
Tags JusticeOppression
hadith 6354
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most worthy of those whom you love is he whose benefit is for you and whose harm is for other than you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحَقُّ مَنْ أحْبَبْتَهُ مَنْ نَفْعُهُ لَكَ وَ ضَرُّهُ لِغَيْرِكَ
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hadith 6355
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the best outward appearance [and demeanour] is that which makes you mingle with people and beautifies you among them and restrains their tongues from [speaking ill of] you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أحْسَنَ الزِّىِّ ما خَلَطَكَ بِالنَّاسِ وَجَمَّلَكَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ كَفَّ ألْسِنَتَهُمْ عَنْكَ
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hadith 6356
Imam Ali (AS) said, Make others incline towards you instead of distancing themselves from you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقِمِ الرَّغْبَةَ إلَيْكَ مَقامَ الحُرْمَةِ بِكَ
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hadith 6357
Imam Ali (AS) said, Man is the son of his time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْمَرْءُ اِبْنُ ساعَتِهِ
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hadith 6358
Imam Ali (AS) said, Through good social interaction, affection lasts.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِحُسْنِ العِشْرَةِ تَدُومُ المَوَدَّةُ
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hadith 6359
Imam Ali (AS) said, Through good social interaction friendships become intimate.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِحُسْنِ العِشْرَةِ تَأْنَسُ الرِّفاقُ
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hadith 6360
Imam Ali (AS) said, By good social interaction ties (or companionship) last.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِحُسْنِ العِشْرَةِ تَدُومُ الوُصْلَةُ (الصُحْبَةُ)
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hadith 6361
Imam Ali (AS) said, How evil an associate the spiteful person is!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئسَ العَشيرُ الحَقُودُ
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hadith 6362
Imam Ali (AS) said, Good social interaction causes affection to endure.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُسْنُ العِشْرَةِ يَسْتَديمُ المَوَدَّةَ
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hadith 6363
Imam Ali (AS) said, Interact with people through their [norms of] etiquette but separate yourself from them in [your] actions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خالِقُوا النّاسَ بِأخْلاقِهِمْ وَ زايِلُوهُمْ فِي الأعْمالِ
Tags Good CompanyEtiquette
hadith 6364
Imam Ali (AS) said, Interact with people in such a way that when you die, they weep over you and when you are absent, they yearn for your company.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خالِطُوا النّاسَ مُخالَطَةً إنْ مِتُّمْ بَكَوْا عَلَيْكُمْ وَ إنْ غِبْتُمْ حَنُّوا إلَيْكُمْ
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hadith 6365
Imam Ali (AS) said, Interact with people through your tongues and your bodies, but part from them with your hearts and your actions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خالِطُوا النّاسَ بِألْسِنَتِكُمْ وَ أجْسادِكُمْ وَ زايِلُوهُمْ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَأعْمالِكُمْ
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hadith 6366
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many an associate is not a close friend.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ عَشير غَيْرُ حَبيب
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hadith 6367
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is in times of trial that a man is [either] honoured or disgraced.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عِنْدَ الاِمْتِحانِ يُكْرَمُ الرَّجُلِ أَوْ يُهانُ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 6368
Imam Ali (AS) said, Associate with the people of excellence and you will gain felicity and nobility.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عاشِرْ أهْلَ الفَضْلِ تَسْعَدْ وَ تَنْبُلْ
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hadith 6369
Imam Ali (AS) said, The development of the hearts is in socializing with people of intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عِمارَةُ القُلُوبِ في مُعاشَرَةِ ذَوِى العُقُولِ
Tags Good CompanyIntellect/Reason
hadith 6370
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cutting off [ties with] the ignorant is equivalent to establishing ties with the intelligent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَطيعَةُ الجاهِلِ تَعْدِلُ صِلَةَ العاقِلِ
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hadith 6371
Imam Ali (AS) said, The intelligent person [only] cuts off ties with you after failing to find any other way out.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَطيعَةُ العاقِلِ لَكَ بَعْدَ نَفاذِ الحيلَةِ فيكَ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 6372
Imam Ali (AS) said, Get closer to the people in their morals and you will be safe from their malice [and evil].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قارِبِ النّاسَ في أخْلاقِهِمْ تَأمَنْ غَوائِلَهُمْ
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hadith 6373
Imam Ali (AS) said, Having many acquaintances is a tribulation, and socializing with the people is an ordeal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَثْرَةُ المَعارِفِ مِحْنَةٌ وَ خُلْطَةُ النّاسِ فِتْنَةٌ
Tags Good CompanyTrials and Afflictions
hadith 6374
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose social interaction increases, his piety (or reliability) decreases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَثُرَتْ خُلْطَتُهُ قَلَّتْ تَقِيَّتُهُ (ثِقَتُهُ)
Tags Good CompanyGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 6375
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who mingles with the people is affected by their devices.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ خالَطَ النّاسَ نالَهُ مَكْرُهُمْ
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hadith 6376
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever mingles with the people, his piety decreases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ خالَطَ النّاسَ قَلَّ وَرَعُهُ
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hadith 6377
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose social interaction is good, his brothers increase.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ حَسُنَتْ عِشْرَتُهُ كَثُرَ إخْوانُهُ
Tags Good CompanyBrotherhood
hadith 6378
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who deals leniently with people enjoys [and benefits from] their company.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عامَلَ النَّاسَ بِالمُسامَحَةِ اِسْتَمْتَعَ بِصُحْبَتِهِمْ
Tags Good CompanyForgiveness
hadith 6379
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose being alive is not beneficial to you, then count him among the dead.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ تَنْفَعْكَ حَياتُهُ فَعُدَّهُ فِي المَوْتى
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hadith 6380
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be good in your interactions, be patient in difficulties and be equitable when you have power.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسِنِ العِشْرَةَ وَ اصْبِرْ عَلَى العُسْرَةِ وَ أنْصِفْ مَعَ القُدْرَةِ
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hadith 6381
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be pleased for [other] people with that which pleases you, then you will be a [true] Muslim.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِرْضَ للنّاسِ بِما تَرْضاهُ لِنَفْسِكَ تَكُنْ مُسْلِماً
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