Ghurar al-Ḥikam

The Fool

Volume 1 18 narrations
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Intellect/Reason 18 Good Company 6 Silence 3 Arrogance/Pride 1 Gratitude 1 Good Deeds 1 Enjoining Good/Forbidding Evil 1 Trials and Afflictions 1 Oppression 1 Oaths and Vows 1 Love 1 Etiquette 1

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hadith 2570
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fool is a stranger in his [own] hometown, [and is] humiliated among his near ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأحْمَقُ غَرِيبٌ في بَلْدَتِهِ مُهانٌ بَيْنَ أعِزَّتِهِ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2571
Imam Ali (AS) said, A fool does not improve by abasement and he is does not separate from fault and loss.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأحْمَقُ لايَحْسُنُ بِالهَوانِ وَ لايَنْفَكُّ عَنْ نَقْص و خُسْران
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2572
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be wary of the fool for verily, being amicable with him will bring you hardship (or exhaust you), agreeing with him will destroy you, disagreeing with him will cause you suffering and keeping his company will be [like] a curse upon you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إحْذَرِ الأحْمَقَ فَإنَّ مُداراتَهُ تُعَنِّيكَ (تُعْيِيكَ) وَ مُوافَقَتَهُ تُرْدِيكَ وَمُخالَفَتَهُ تُؤْذِيكَ وَ مُصاحَبَتَهُ وَبالٌ عَلَيْكَ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2573
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most foolish of all people is the one who thinks that he is the most intelligent of all people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْمَقُ النّاسِ مَنْ ظَنَّ أنَّهُ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonArrogance/Pride
hadith 2574
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most foolish of all people is the one who prevents good deeds and [then] seeks gratitude, and does evil and [then] expects the reward for [doing] good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْمَقُ النّاسِ مَنْ يَمْنَعُ الْبِرَّ وَ يَطْلُبُ الشُّكْرَ وَ يَفْعَلُ الشَّرَّ وَ يَتَوَقَّعُ ثَوابَ الخَيْرِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGratitudeGood Deeds
hadith 2575
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most foolish of all people is the one who censures others for a vice while he [himself] performs it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْمَقُ النّاسِ مَنْ أنْكَرَ عَلى غَيْرِهِ رَذِيلَةً وَ هُوَ مُقِيمٌ عَلَيْها
Tags Intellect/ReasonEnjoining Good/Forbidding Evil
hadith 2576
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fool does not improve by being disgraced.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأحْمَقُ لا يَحْسُنُ بِالهَوانِ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2577
Imam Ali (AS) said, The remoteness of a fool is better than his nearness and his silence is better than his speech.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بُعْدُ الأحْمَقِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قُرْبِهِ وَ سُكُوتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ نُطْقِهِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonSilenceGood Company
hadith 2578
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foolishness of a person is recognized by [his] cheerfulness in times of blessing and increased abjectness in times of tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تُعْرَفُ حَماقَةُ الرَّجُلِ بِالأشَرِ فِي النِّعْمَةِ وَ كَثْرَةِ الذُّلِّ فِي الْمِحْنَةِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonTrials and Afflictions
hadith 2579
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foolishness of a person is recognized in three things: in his talking about that which does not concern him, [in] his answering that which he was not asked and his recklessness in [his] affairs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تُعْرَفُ حِماقَةُ الرَّجُلِ في ثَلاث: في كَلامِهِ فِيما لا يَعْنِيهِ وَ جَوابِهِ عَمّا لا يُسْئَلُ عَنْهُ وَ تَهَوُّرِهِ فيِ الأُمُورِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonSilence
hadith 2580
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cutting off [ties with] the fool is judiciousness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَطيعَةُ الأحْمَقِ حَزْمٌ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2581
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be cautious of the fool when you are in his company, of the vicious when you associate with him and of the oppressor when you deal with him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ عَلى حَذَر مِنَ الأحْمَقِ إذا صاحَبْتَهُ وَ مِنَ الفاجِرِ إذا عاشَرْتَهُ وَ مِنَ الظّالِمِ إذا عامَلْتَهُ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood CompanyOppression
hadith 2582
Imam Ali (AS) said, For the fool there is an oath with every statement.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِلأحْمَقِ مَعَ كُلِّ قَوْل يَمِينٌ
Tags Intellect/ReasonOaths and Vows
hadith 2583
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful not to love the fool, for he will surely harm you while he thinks that he is benefitting you and will annoy you while he thinks that he is pleasing you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ مَوَّدَةَ الأحْمَقِ فَإنَّهُ يَضُرُّكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ يَرى أنَّهُ يَنْفَعُكَ وَيَسُوءُكَ وَ هُوَ يَرى انَّه يَسُرُّكَ
Tags Intellect/ReasonLoveGood Company
hadith 2584
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keeping silent is the best response for a fool.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : السُّكُوتُ عَلَى الأحْمَقِ أفْضَلُ جَوابِهِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonSilence
hadith 2585
Imam Ali (AS) said, Increased fickleness is from the signs of a fool.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ أماراتِ الأحْمَقِ كَثْرَةُ تَلَوُّنِهِ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2586
Imam Ali (AS) said, Putting up with a fool is a torment for the soul.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُقاساةُ الأحْمَقِ عَذابُ الرُّوحِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2587
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never show respect to a fool, even if he is [apparently] great.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَعْظِمَنَّ الأحْمَقَ وَ إنْ كانَ كَبيراً
Tags Intellect/ReasonEtiquette