Hadith 304

piety, and how can it be little what is Accepted? ’’[179]
And he-asws said: ‘There is no wealth worthier than the intellect, nor loneliness more alienating than the self-conceit, nor any (use of) intellect like the strategy, nor any honour like the piety, nor any pairing like the good manners, nor any inheritance like the etiquettes, nor any guide like the inclination, nor any trade like the righteous deed, nor any profit like the (heavenly) Rewards. And there is no devoutness like the pausing at the suspicion, nor any ascetism like the abstention regarding the Prohibition, nor any knowledge like the pondering, nor any worship like fulfilling the obligations, nor any Eman like the modesty and the patience, nor any affiliation like the humbleness, nor any nobility like the knowledge, nor is there any backing more trustworthy than the consultation’’. [180]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al-Balagah’ –
‘He-asws said: ‘Beatitude is for the one who is humble in himself, and his earnings are good, and his heart is righteous, and his manners are good, and he spends the surplus of his wealth and withholds the surplus from his tongue, and he isolates his evil away from the people, and his striving is the Sunnah, and he is not attributed to the innovation’’. [181]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al-Balagah’ –
‘He-asws said: ‘One who give four will not be deprived from four – one who gives the supplication will not be deprived of the Answer, and one who give the repentance will not be deprived of the Acceptance, and one giving seeking the Forgiveness will not be deprived of the Forgiveness, and one who give the thanks will not be deprived of the increase, and the ratification of that is in the Book of Allah-azwj the Glorious. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said regarding the supplication: “Supplicate to Me, I will Answer you. [40: 60]; and He-azwj Said regarding seeking of Forgiveness: And the one who does evil or is unjust to himself, then he seeks Forgiveness of Allah, would find Allah as Forgiving, Merciful [4: 110]. And He-azwj Said regarding the thanks: “If you are grateful, I would Increase it for you, [14: 7]; and Said regarding the repentance: But rather, the repenting to Allah is only for those who do the evil (deed) out of ignorance, then they are repenting from shortly afterwards, so they are to whom Allah Turns (Mercifully) to them; and Allah was always most-Knowing, Wise [4: 17]’’. [182]
And he-asws said: ‘The generousity is a guard of the honours, and the forbearance is a rein of the foolish, and the pardon is Zakat of the victory, and disregard your retaliation from the one who betrays, and the consultation is a spring of guidance, and he is in danger – the one who is needless (from others) with his own opinion, and the patience battles the occurrences, and the panic (impatience) is a supporter of (hard) times, and the noblest of the riches is neglecting the wishes, and how many a captive mind is beneath the whims of a commander, and from the inclination is preservation of the experience, and the cordiality is a beneficial relationship, and do not trust a bored (person)’’. [183]
And he-asws said: ‘By a lot of silence the awe happens, and with the fairness (happens) a lot of helpers, and with the virtues the worth is magnified, and with the humbleness the bounties are completed, and with the endurance of hardships the leadership is pulled, and with the judicial conduct enemy is subdued, and with the forbearance from the foolish one increases the helpers against him’’. [184]
And he-asws said: ‘His smile is in his face but his grief is in his heart. The vastest of things is his chest and the humbles of things is (his) soul. He dislikes the high position, and he hates reputation (fame). His sorrows are prolonged, his corners are remote, He is of frequent silence, and his time is pre-occupied, thankful, patience, immersed in his thoughts, attached to his friends, easy going nature and soft temperament. His soul is more solid than the slab, and he is humbler than the slave’’. [185]
And he-asws said: ‘There is no nobility loftier than, nor any honour more honourable than the piety, nor any asylum better than the devoutness, nor any intercessor more effective than the repentance, nor any treasure richer than the contentment, nor any wealth more of