Home / Books / Mīzān al-Ḥikma / Volume 1 / Prohibition of Making Someone Feel Obliged for an Act of Courtesy / Hadith 704 hadith 704 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The yardstick [used to measure the goodness] of an act of courtesy is the absence of expectation accompanying it. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِلاكُ المَعروفِ تَركُ المَنِّ بِهِ . Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #2046 Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of goodness is abandoning obligation through it. Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1944 Imam Ali (AS) said, The completion of benevolence is abandoning [putting one under] obligation by it. All narrations in Prohibition of Making Someone Feel Obliged for an Act of Courtesy Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 704 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The yardstick [used to measure the goodness] of an act of courtesy is the absence of expectation accompanying it. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِلاكُ المَعروفِ تَركُ المَنِّ بِهِ .