hadith
2575
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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
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #7498 Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever disapproves of the faults of people but accepts them in himself, then that is a fool.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1332 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most foolish of people is he who rebukes others for their vices while he possesses the same.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1478 Imam Ali (AS) said, It suffices as ignorance for a person to forbid people from that which he performs himself.