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hadith 1943
Hadith #
1943
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 10 - On Miscellaneous Topics
Chapter
Chapter 7 - On Being Bossy
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
۞
Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “You should avoid bosses who force themselves on the people. I swear by God that anyone whose shoes were heard hitting the ground from behind him got destroyed and ruined other people too.”
عنه (عليه السلام) قال
إياكم وهؤلاء الرؤساء الذين يترأسون، فوالله ما خفقت النعال خلف رجل إلا هلك وأهلك!.
Tags Arrogance/Pride

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