Hadith 59

e that except the one whose word were endorsed by his deeds, and his private and public (matters) were harmonious, because Allahazwj, Blessed is Hisazwj Name, does not Indicate upon the hidden (matters), concealed from the intellect, except by the apparent from it and the Spoken about it. O Hisham! It was so that Amir Al-Momineenasws was saying: ‘Allahazwj has not been worshipped with anything superior than the intellect’. And the intellect of a person cannot be completed until there happen to be various characteristics in him – The (people would be) secured from (any form of) disbelief and the evil (being exercised) from him, and both the righteous guidance and the goodness be expected from him; he would give away from the excess of his wealth, and he would restrain from the excess of his words, and his share from the world would (just) be the subsistence. He would never consider himself that he has learned enough his life-time. To be with Allahazwj, although in a very humble state, is far better to him (a person of intelligence) than to live much honoured with others. He would consider it as a lot, the little goodness from others, and he would consider it as little, the abundant goodness from himself; and he would see the people, all of them, better than him, and that he (would consider) within himself as the most evil of them. And it is the complete matter. O Hisham! One who is truthful of tongue would purify his deeds, and one who is of good intentions would get an increase in his sustenance, and one who is good in being righteous with his brethren and his family would have an extension in his lifespan. O Hisham! Do not give the wisdom to the ignorant one for you will have been unjust to them, and do not deprive it from its deserving ones, for you will have been unjust to them. O Hisham! Just as they have left the wisdom to be for you, so leave the world to be for them. O Hisham! There is no Religion for the one who has no magnanimity for him, and there is no magnanimity for the one who has no intellect for him; and that the greatest of the people in worth is the one who does not see the world for himself as a threat. However, there is no price for yourself (your bodies) other than the Paradise, therefore do not sell it for something else. Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘A man should not sit at the top (podium) of the gathering (presiding over it) except these three characteristics are in him, or (at least) one of these. So the one who does not happen to have anything from these in him, and he sits (presides), so he is an idiot. Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws said: ‘Whenever you see the needs, so seek them from its rightful ones’. It was said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! And who are its rightful onesasws? ’ Heasws said: ‘Thoseasws whom Allahazwj has Related in Hisazwj Book and Mentioned themasws Saying: But rather, the ones with the understanding will be mindful [13: 19]. Heasws said: ‘They are the ones with intellect’. And Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws said: ‘(Sitting in the) gatherings of the righteous makes one to be virtuous, and association with scholars (is a means of) enhancing one’s intellect, and obedience to the just rulers completes the honour. And an investment of wealth for profit is a dignifying practice, and guiding the consulting one is a fulfilment of the rights of the favour; and restraint from harming (others) is from the perfection of the intellect, and therein is rest for the body, now and later on. O Hisham! Neither does the intellectual narrate out of fear of being belied, nor does he ask (for help) out of fear of being prevented, nor does he count on what he has no ability over, nor does he hope in what he would be scolded with his hopes, nor does he proceed upon what he fears he is unable to accomplish. And Amir Al-Momineenasws had bequeathed to hisasws companions saying: ‘Iasws bequeath you with having fear of Allahazwj, in private and in the open, and the justice during the happiness and the anger, and the attaining (good deeds) during the poverty and the richness, and that you should maintain relationships with the one who cuts if off from you, and that you should pardon the ones who wrong you, and be kind upon the ones from your family. And let your sights take lessons, and your silence be for thinking, and your words be Zikr. And beware of the stinginess, and upon you is the generosity, so a stingy one will not enter the Paradise, nor would a generous one enter the Fire’. O Hisham! May Allahazwj have Mercy on the one who is embarrassed from Allahazwj, of rightful embarrassment – so he preserves the head and what it contains, and the belly and what it retains, and remembers the death, and the afflictions, and knows that the Paradise is surrounded with the difficulties and the Fires is surrounded with the desires. O Hisham! One who restrains himself from exposing the people, Allahazwj will Reduce his stumbling blocks on the Day of Judgment, and one who restrains his anger from the people, Allahazwj would Restrain Hisazwj Anger on the Day of Judgment’. O Hisham! The intellectual will not lie and even if there was his personal desire regarding it. O Hisham! There was found to be inscribed at the top