Negligence - Page 5

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

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