Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Evil and the Wicked

Volume 1 69 narrations
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hadith 4621
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of surrounding yourself with evil, for you will be affected by it yourself before [harming] your enemy and you will destroy your religion by it before conveying it to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ مُلابَسَةَ الشَّرِّ فَإنَّكَ تُنيلُهُ نَفْسَكَ قَبْلَ عَدُوِّكَ وَ تُهْلِكُ بِهِ دينَكَ قَبْلَ إيصالِهِ إلى غَيْرِكَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefEnemies/Hostility
hadith 4622
Imam Ali (AS) said, The greatest evil is in disparaging the painful advice of the compassionate, sincere adviser and being deceived by the sweetness of the flattery of the malicious praiser.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أكْبَرُ (أكْثَرُ) الشَّرِّ فِي الاِسْتِخْفافِ بِمُولِمِ عِظَةِ المُشْفِقِ النَّاصِحِ وَالاِغْتِرارِ بِحَلاوَةِ ثَناءِ الْمادِحِ الْكاشِحِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefWisdom
hadith 4623
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily in evil there is impudence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ فِي الشَّرِّ لَوَقاحَةً
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4624
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is impudence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ وَقاحَةٌ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4625
Imam Ali (AS) said, Delaying of evil is advantageous to good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تَأخيرُ الشَّرِّ إفادَةُ خَيْر
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4626
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is [a cause of] regret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ نَدامَةٌ
Tags Corruption/MischiefRegret
hadith 4627
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil makes its rider fall.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ يَكْبُو بِراكِبِهِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4628
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is the ugliest of gates.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ أقْبَحُ الأبْوابِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4629
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is pestilent speech.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ مَنْطِقٌ وَبيٌّ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4630
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is the symbol of destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ (الشَّرَهُ) عُنْوانُ الْعَطَبِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4631
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is the carrier of misdeeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ (الشَّرَهُ) حَمّالُ الآثامِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefMajor Sins
hadith 4632
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil degrades and strikes down.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ يُزْري وَ يُرْدي
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4633
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is punishable and brings dishonour (or is requited).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ يُعاقَبُ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُخْزى (يُجْزى)
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4634
Imam Ali (AS) said, Considering evil to be loathsome impels one to refrain from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِسْتِقْباحُ (اِسْتِفْتاحُ) الشَّرِّ يَحْدُو عَلى تَجَنُّبِهِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4635
Imam Ali (AS) said, Delaying of evil is a benefit for good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تَأْخِيرُ الشَّرِّ إفادَةُ خَيْر
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4636
Imam Ali (AS) said, The consolidation of evil is in being deceived by respite [from chastisement] and reliance on [ones own] action.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الشَّرِّ فِي الاِغْتِرارِ بِالْمَهَلِ وَ الاِتِّكالِ عَلَى العَمَلِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 4637
Imam Ali (AS) said, The consolidation of evil is in association with a wicked companion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الشَّرِّ في مُقارَنَةِ(مقارَفَة) قَرينِ السُّوءِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Company
hadith 4638
Imam Ali (AS) said, The attractiveness of evil is avarice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جَمالُ الشَّرِّ الطَّمَعُ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGreed/Stinginess
hadith 4639
Imam Ali (AS) said, The consolidators of evil are obstinacy and increased quarrelsomeness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الشَّرِّ اللَّجاجُ وَ كَثْرَةُ الْمُماراةِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4640
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many an evil may suddenly come upon you from whence you least expect it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ شَرّ فاجاكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا تَحْتَسِبُهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4641
Imam Ali (AS) said, Increased wickedness is [a sign of] vileness and abjectness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زيادَةُ الشَّرِّ دِناءَةٌ وَ مَذَلَّةٌ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4642
Imam Ali (AS) said, Counter evil with good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ضادُّوا الشَّرَّ بِالخَيْرِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Deeds
hadith 4643
Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience to the calls of the wicked corrupts the outcome of matters.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طاعَةُ دَواعِي الشُّرُورِ تُفْسِدُ عَواقِبَ الأُمُورِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4644
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who embarks on evil is successful in attaining it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ظَفِرَ بِالشَّرِّ مَنْ رَكِبَهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4645
Imam Ali (AS) said, The doer of evil is worse than the evil [itself].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فاعِلُ الشَّرِّ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4646
Imam Ali (AS) said, Doing evil is a [means of] revilement.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِعْلُ الشَّرِّ مَسَبَّةٌ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4647
Imam Ali (AS) said, None shall be punished for an evil act except its doer.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يَلْقى جَزاءَ الشَّرِّ إلاّ عامِلُهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4648
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is nothing worse than evil except its retribution.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ بِشَرّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ إلاّ عِقابُهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4649
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is nothing more corrupting for affairs or more destructive to the community than evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أفْسَدَ لِلأُمُورِ وَ لا أبْلَغَ في هَلاكِ الْجُمْهُورِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ
Tags Corruption/MischiefCommunity/Ummah
hadith 4650
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who does not wear the gown of good has not disrobed from evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يَتَعَرَّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَجَلْبَبِ الْخَيْرَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Deeds
hadith 4651
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who plunges into the depths of evil meets with danger [and adversity].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اقْتَحَمَ لُجِجَ الشُّرُورَ لَقِيَ المَحْذُوْرَ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4652
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does evil has [actually] transgressed against his soul.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ فَعَلَ الشَّرَّ فَعَلى نَفْسِهِ اعْتَدى
Tags Corruption/MischiefSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4653
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose evil is too much, [even] his companion is not safe from him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَثُرَ شَرُّهُ لَمْ يَأمَنْهُ مُصاحِبُهُ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Company
hadith 4654
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever abandons evil, the doors of good are opened for him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَرَكَ الشَّرَّ فُتِحَتْ عَلَيْهِ أبْوابُ الْخَيْرِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Deeds
hadith 4655
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who lays the foundation of evil cause has [actually] instituted it against himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أسَّسَ أساسَ الشَّرِّ أسَّسَهُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4656
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who provokes a latent evil, in it will be his own destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أثارَ كامِنَ الشَّرِّ كانَ فيهِ عَطَبُهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4657
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who harbours evil feelings [and ill will] for others has actually harmed himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أضْمَرَ الشَّرَّ لِغَيْرِهِ فَقدْ بَدَأَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ
Tags Corruption/MischiefSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4658
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever strips his heart of evil, his religion is secured and his conviction is confirmed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرى مِنَ الشَّرِّ قَلْبَهُ سَلِمَ لَهُ دينُهُ وَصَدَقَ يَقينُهُ
Tags Corruption/MischiefCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 4659
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does not know the harmfulness of evil is not capable of desisting from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مَضَرَّةَ الشَّرِّ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ علَى الاِمْتِناعِ مِنْهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4660
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who repels evil with good, triumphs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ دَفَعَ الشَّرَّ بِالخَيْرِ غَلَبَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Deeds
hadith 4661
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who hates evil is safeguarded [from it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَرِهَ الشَّرَّ عُصِمَ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4662
Imam Ali (AS) said, One of the greatest deceptions is making evil appear good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ أعْظَمِ الْمَكْرِ تَحْسينُ الشَّرِّ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4663
Imam Ali (AS) said, The ‘evil that is followed by Paradise is not [really] evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما شَرٌّ بَعْدَهُ الْجَنَّةُ بِشَرّ
Tags ParadiseCorruption/Mischief
hadith 4664
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foundation of evil is avarice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِلاكُ الشَّرِّ الطَّمَعُ
Tags Greed/StinginessCorruption/Mischief
hadith 4665
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is cautious of evil is like the one who does good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُتَّقِي الشَّرِّ كَفاعِلِ الْخَيْرِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyGood Deeds
hadith 4666
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never count as good that by which you attain evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَعُدَّنَّ خَيْراً ما أدْرَكْتَ بِهِ شَرّاً
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4667
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who recognizes the wicked to disassociate himself from them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ الأشرارَ أنْ يَعْتَزِلَهُمْ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Company
hadith 4668
Imam Ali (AS) said, The evil of a man is evinced by his increased greed and his intense avarice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلى شَرِّ الرَّجُلِ بِكَثْرَةِ شَرَهِهِ وَ شِدَّةِ طَمَعِهِ
Tags Greed/StinginessCorruption/Mischief
hadith 4669
Imam Ali (AS) said, How bad a provision evil action is!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئْسَ الذُّخْرُ فِعْلُ الشَّرِّ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4670
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most severely punished thing is evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أشَدُّ شَيْء عِقاباً الشَّرُّ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4671
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is the riding mount of greed and vain desire is the riding mount of discord.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّرُّ مَرْكَبُ الْحِرْصِ وَ الْهَوى مَرْكَبُ الْفِتْنَةِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGreed/Stinginess
hadith 4672
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is the ugliest of gates and its doer is the worst of companions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ أقْبَحُ الأبْوابِ وَ فاعِلُهُ شَرُّ الأصْحابِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Company
hadith 4673
Imam Ali (AS) said, Evil is concealed in everyones nature, so if its possessor overcomes it, it remains hidden and if he doesnt overcome it, it is manifested.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرُّ كامِنٌ في طَبيعَةِ كُلِّ أحَد فَإنْ غَلَبَهُ صاحِبُهُ بَطَنَ وَ إنْ لَمْ يَغْلِبْهُ ظَهَرَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4674
Imam Ali (AS) said, Scythe the evil from the breasts of others be uprooting it from your [own] breast.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أُحْصُدِ الشَّرَّ مِنْ صَدْرِ غَيْرِكَ بِقَلْعِهِ مِنْ صَدْرِكَ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4675
Imam Ali (AS) said, Efface evil from your heart, [and as a result] your soul will be purified and your actions will be accepted.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أُمْحُ الشَّرَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ تَتَزَكَّ نَفْسُكَ وَ يُتَقَبَّلْ عَمَلُكَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4676
Imam Ali (AS) said, When you see evil then distance yourselves from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا رَأيْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَابْعُدُوا عَنْهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4677
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْغالِبُ بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4678
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep away from evil, for verily more evil than the evil [itself] is its doer.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجْتَنِبُوا الشَّرَّ فَإنَّ شَرّاً مِنَ الشَّرِّ فاعِلُهُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4679
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is the habit of the wicked to trouble [their] friends.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عادَةُ الأشْرارِ أذِيَّةُ الرِّفاقِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGood Company
hadith 4680
Imam Ali (AS) said, The habit of the wicked is harbouring enmity for the righteous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عادَةُ الأشْرارِ مُعاداةُ الأخْيارِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefEnemies/Hostility
hadith 4681
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every victor who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ غالِب بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4682
Imam Ali (AS) said, The wicked person does not think good of anyone because he does not see them except through [the lenses of] his own nature.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّريرُ لايَظُنُّ بِأحَد خَيْراً لاِنَّهُ لا يَراهُ إلاّ بِطَبْعِ نَفْسِهِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4683
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be wary of the wicked one during the coming of power [and authority], that he does not cause it to be taken away from you and during its departure [from you], that he does not gather support against you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إحْذَرِ الشَّريرَ عِنْدَ إقْبالِ الدَّوْلَةِ لِئَلاّ يُزيلَها عَنْكَ وَ عِنْدَ إدْبارِها لِئَلاّ يُعينَ عَليْكَ
Tags Corruption/MischiefGovernance
hadith 4684
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful not to be deceived by the good act that the wicked one does by mistake.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَغْتَرَّ بِغَلَطَةِ شِرّير بِالْخَيْرِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4685
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful not to be repelled by the evil act that the righteous one does by mistake.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَسْتَوْحِشَ مِنْ غَلَطَةِ خَيِّر بِالشَّرِّ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 4686
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep away from the wicked and sit in the company the virtuous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جانِبُوا الأشْرارَ وَ جالِسُوا الاَخْيارَ
Tags Good CompanyCorruption/Mischief
hadith 4687
Imam Ali (AS) said, The coming to power of the wicked is the tribulation of the virtuous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دُوَلُ الأشْرارِ مِحَنُ الاَخْيارِ
Tags Corruption/MischiefTrials and AfflictionsGovernance
hadith 4688
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most evil of all is one who is not ashamed of [his actions in front of] the people and does not fear Allah, the Glorified.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرُّ الأشْرارِ مَنْ لا يَسْتَحْيي مِنَ النّاسِ وَ لا يَخافُ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ
Tags Corruption/MischiefModestyFear of God (Khashya)
hadith 4689
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most evil of all people is one who boasts about his evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرُّ الأشْرارِ مَنْ يَتَبَجَّجُ بِالشَّرِّ
Tags Corruption/MischiefBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)