He is likely to do anything (wrong)
Imam Hadi (pbuh) said:
Avoid a person who isn’t self- esteemed/who feels absurd.
Tohfat al- Oghoul, P.48
Cashmere is usually put into an ark, not to be dirty and stained. But, they clean everywhere with a rag or clout and leave it away.
The ones who don’t know their worth, don’t fear to infect themselves to the dirt of sin. We’d better avoid them.
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to keep balanced in friendships and foe ships
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
Keep balanced in your friendship with friends; in case they may turn into enemies a day. And do the same in your foe ships; as they may turn to friends.
Nahj al- Bilaghe, S.268
Everyone is subject to change; so, they are always likely to have rethought in their relations with others. Sometimes, the gap between the people gets big and other times small. It’s better to consider the people‘s changes and evolutions in both friendships and foe ships.
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The warm- hearted
The prophet (pbuh&h) said:
The good- tempered are best of you, i.e. the ones who are sociable with people, and the people do the same with them.
Tohfat al-Ogoul, P.45.
Individuals usually can’t communicate easily, but if they face smiling people and affability, they will be inclined and get acquainted. Amiability and affection are the sweet fruits of good temper and affability.
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A sharp tongue
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
Get used to speaking softly and saying hello. Thus, your friends will be more than foes.
Ghurar al-Hikam, the same.9946
One shouldn’t underestimate the role of tongue in relation with others. Sometimes saying a sentence attracts a stranger or; on the contrary, it wards off a friend in the same way.
A sharp tong cuts the friendships bonds, but a soft tong attracts the hearts like a magnet.
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An evidence for prospers
Imam Sadiq (pbuh) said:
By God, the righteous ones won. Do you know who they are? They are the ones who even don’t harm an ant!
Bihar al- Anwar, vol.75, P.193.
How refreshing is the imam’s quote! ” I wouldn’t disobey God by taking rolled oats from an ant by force; even if, I ‘m given the whole worlds (the 7 worlds and the space around it).
And how significant this sentence is,” By God of Kaaba, I ended in the righteousness “.
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Deprived from life
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
The one doesn’t have a delightful life, if there are 3 things (features) in them:
Hatred, jealousy, and grump.
Ghurar al- Hikam, the same.6779
The spiteful, jealous and grumpy individuals oppress themselves more than others; as they deprive themselves from peaceful and untroubled lives.
Good for the ones whose heart are empty from hatred and out of jealousy! They live based on affability.
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Audacity or imprudence
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
The one who is provident will discrete but leaves providence, will be imprudent.
Ghurar al- Hikam, the same.10870 &10875
When dust is up, recognizing the road is hard.
A blind Audacity isn’t brevity. Just it dusts up!
The one who is provident, always thinks of the road and avoids imprudence.
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Like the tolerant
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
If you aren’t (a believer), pretend you are. As, there are few people who imitate a group and won’t be one of them at the end.
Nahj al- Bilagha, s.207
Have you ever heard or even said this?” It’s my last straw. Everybody is different and I am a type who can’t get it anymore”
To have a tolerant spirit and high capacity, one needs practice and frequent dictations. If so, without dictating ourselves, we can easily and gradually tolerate predicaments.
So, let’s say, “I am able to do more than it”.
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Not even a” yuck”
Imam Sadiq (pbuh) said:
Expressing yuck is the slightest disrespect to the parents, and if the Almighty God considered something lower than it, he would surely forbid it too.
Al- Kafi, vol. 2, P. 348
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The joy/savor of faith
Imam Ali (pbuh) said:
A worshiper won’t experience faith, unless they leave telling lie whether in jokes or serious.
Al- Kafi, vol.2, P.340
The one who has caught cold, can’t feel the taste of many edible things. And they are deprived of the pleasant feeling of tasting many of them.
Faith has a spiritual joy too, but many can’t experience it and they are deprived of enjoying its pleasant feeling. One of the reasons is telling lies. A liar is like the one who caught cold, in that deprivation.
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