1436 - مَدحُ التَّغافُلِ
1436. THE PRAISE OF FEIGNING NEGLIGENCE (OR IGNORANCE)
4839.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ العاقِلَ نِصفُهُ احتِمالٌ ، ونِصفُهُ تَغافُلٌ .1
4839.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily half of an intellectual man is tolerating, and the other half is ignoring.’2
4840.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن أشرَفِ أعمالِ (أحوالِ) الكَريمِ غَفلَتُهُ عمّا يَعلَمُ .3
4840.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘One of the noblest deeds of a kind person is feigning ignorance of that which he knows already.’4
4841.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : صَلاحُ حالِ التَّعايُشِ والتَّعاشُرِ مِلْءُ مِكيالٍ : ثُلثاهُ فِطنَةٌ وثُلثُهُ تَغافُلٌ .5
4841.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The proper way to maintain a state of coexistence and mutual intimacy with people is according to a set measure, two thirds of which are alertness and a third of which is to feign ignorance of each other’s faults.’6
1.غرر الحكم : ۲۳۷۸ .
2.Ibid. no. ۲۳۷۸
3.نهج البلاغة : الحكمة ۲۲۲ .
4.Nahj al-Balagha, Saying ۲۲۲
5.تحف العقول : ۳۵۹ .
6.Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. ۳۵۹