1279 - النَّهيُ عَنِ الامتِنانِ بِالمَعروفِ
1279. PROHIBITION OF MAKING SOMEONE FEEL OBLIGED FOR AN ACT OF COURTESY
4176.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: أحْيِ مَعروفَكَ بِإماتَتِهِ .1
4176.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Give life to your act of courtesy by killing it [i.e. by killing your expectation of receiving anything in return].’2
4177.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا صُنِعَ إلَيكَ مَعروفٌ فَاذكُرْ ، إذا صَنَعتَ مَعروفاً فَانْسَهُ .3
4177.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If an act of courtesy is done unto you, then be sure to remember it, and if you do an act of courtesy unto someone else, then be sure to forget it.’4
4178.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: مِلاكُ المَعروفِ تَركُ المَنِّ بِهِ .5
4178.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The yardstick [used to measure the goodness] of an act of courtesy is the absence of expectation accompanying it.’6
(اُنظر) الصدقة : باب 1117 .
(See also: CHARITY: section 1117)
1.غرر الحكم : ۲۲۸۲ .
2.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۲۲۸۲
3.غرر الحكم : ۴۰۰۰ - ۴۰۰۱ .
4.Ibid. nos. ۴۰۰۰-۴۰۰۱
5.غرر الحكم : ۹۷۲۴ .
6.Ibid. no. ۹۷۲۴
