63 - التجربة

63. EXPERIENCE

329 - بَرَكاتُ التَّجرِبَةِ

329. Blessings of Experiences

1050.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: التّجارِبُ علمٌ مُستفادٌ .¹

1050.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Experiences are a beneficial knowledge.' ²

1051.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لابنهِ عليه السلام - : فَبادَرْتُك بِالأَدَبِ قَبْل أَنْ يَقْسوَ قلبُكَ وَيَشتغِلَ لُبُّكَ لتَستَقْبِلَ‏بجِدِّ رأيِكَ من الأمرِ ما قَد كَفاكَ أهلُ التَّجارِبِ بُغيَتَهُ وتَجرِبَتَهُ، فتكونَ قد كُفِيتَ مَؤونَةَ الطَّلَبِ وعُوفِيتَ مِن‏عِلاجِ التَّجرِبَةِ .³

1051.Imam Ali (AS) said to his son (AS), 'I started teaching you manners before your heart hardened and your mind became preoccupied in order for you to comprehend with your mind what experienced people have spared you from searching and experiencing. Thus you were spared the hardship of search and the pain of experience.' ⁴

1052.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: كفى‏ بالتَّجارِبِ مُؤدِّباً .⁵

1052.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Experience suffices as a trainer.' ⁶

1053.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: رأيُ الرّجُلِ على‏ قَدْرِ تَجرِبَتِهِ .⁷

1053.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The worth of a man's opinion is measured by his experience.' ⁸

1054.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: العَقلُ غَريزةٌ تَزيدُ بالعِلْمِ والتَّجارِبِ .⁹

1054.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Reason is an instinct that is enhanced by knowledge and experience.' ¹⁰

1055.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العَقلُ حِفْظُ التَّجارِبِ .¹¹

1055.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Reason is to retain and preserve experiences.' ¹²

328 - الجِدالُ الحَسَنُ‏

328. Positive Debating

(ادْعُ إِلَى‏ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ) .¹

"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided." ²

1048.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - فِي الحِكَمِ المنسوبَةِ إلَيهِ - : مُرُوا الأَحداثَ بِالمِراءِ وَالجِدالِ ، وَ الكُهولَ بِالفِكرِ ، وَالشُّيوخَ بِالصَّمتِ .³

1048. Imam Ali (AS) from the wise sayings attributed to him said, 'Command the young with arguing and debating, the adult with thought, and the elder with silence.' ⁴

1049.الإمامُ العسكريُّ عليه السلام : ذُكرَ عند الصّادقِ عليه السلام الجِدالُ في الدِّينِ، وأنّ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله والأئمّةَ المعصومينَ عليهم السلام قد نَهَوا عنه ، فقالَ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَم يُنْهَ عنهُ مطلَقاً ، لكنَّهُ نهى‏ عنِ الجِدالِ بغيرِ الّتي هِي أحسَنُ .⁵

1049. Imam al-'Askari (AS) narrated, 'The subject of disputing about religion was mentioned in the presence of al-Sadiq (AS), and that the Prophet (SAWA) and the infallible Imams(AS) prohibited it. So al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He never prohibited it absolutely, but only prohibited dispute in ways that are not the best.' ⁶