hadith
2603
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Tolerate that which comes your way, for indeed tolerance is a [means of] concealing faults and verily the wise one is half [the time] tolerant and half [the time] feigning negligence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِحْتَمِلْ ما يَمُرُّ عَلَيْكَ فَإنَّ الاِحْتِمالَ سَتْرُ الْعُيُوبِ وَ إنَّ الْعاقِلَ نِصْفُهُ اِحْتِمالٌ وَ نِصْفُهُ تَغافُلٌ
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