hadith
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Abi Ubaydeh narrated that Imam Kazim (a.s) said
“I advise you to avoid liars and those who are always fighting with each other since they have abandoned what they have been ordered to do. O' Abi Ubaydeh! Treat the people according to their own manners, and try to treat them better than they treat you. We do not consider one to be intelligent unless he knows how to talk with others. He then recited: “But surely thou will know them by the tone of their speech.” [The Holy Quran: Muhammad 47:30]
عن أبي عبيدة قال
سمعت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) يقول: إياكم وأصحاب الخصومات والكذابين! فإنهم تركوا ما أمروا به، يا أبا عبيدة! خالقوا الناس بأخلاقهم وزائدوا في أموالهم، يا أبا عبيدة! إنا لا نعد الرجل عاقلا حتى يعرف لحن القول، ثم قرأ ﴿ولنعرفنهم في لحن القول﴾.
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