Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Honour and the Honourable

Volume 1 19 narrations
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Good Temper 6 Humility 4 Etiquette 3 Good Deeds 2 Generosity 2 Wisdom 1 Relatives/Kinship 1 Intellect/Reason 1 Wealth/Materialism 1 Worship 1 Soul (Nafs) 1 Arrogance/Pride 1 Oppression 1

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hadith 4690
Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is attained by earnest endeavours not by worn-out bones [of ones ancestors].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرَفُ بِالْهِمَمِ العالِيَةِ لا بِالرِّمَمِ البالِيَةِ
Tags Good Temper
hadith 4691
Imam Ali (AS) said, The greatest honour is humility.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْظَمُ الشَّرَفِ التَّواضُعُ
Tags Humility
hadith 4692
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best honour is good etiquette.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ الشَّرَفِ الأدَبُ
Tags Etiquette
hadith 4693
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most honourable of honours is knowledge.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أشْرَفُ الشَّرَفِ العِلمُ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 4694
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best honour is doing good to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ الشَّرَفِ بَذْلُ الإحْسانِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 4695
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best honour is desisting from harming others and doing good to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ الشَّرَفِ كَفُّ الأذى وَ بَذْلُ الإحْسانِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 4696
Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is a virtue.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرَفُ مَزِيَّةٌ
Tags Good Temper
hadith 4697
Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is doing good to ones kinsfolk.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّرَفُ اِصْطِناعُ الْعَشيرَةِ
Tags Relatives/Kinship
hadith 4698
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed honour is only attained by intellect and etiquette, not because of wealth and lineage.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الشَّرَفُ بِالعَقْلِ وَ الأدَبِ لابِالْمالِ وَ الْحَسَبِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonEtiquetteWealth/Materialism
hadith 4699
Imam Ali (AS) said, The ladder of honour is humility and generosity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سُلَّمُ الشَّرَفِ التَّواضُعُ والسَّخاءُ
Tags HumilityGenerosity
hadith 4700
Imam Ali (AS) said, The honour of a believer is his faith and his prestige is by his obedience [to Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إيمانُهُ وَ عِزُّهُ بِطاعَتِهِ
Tags Worship
hadith 4701
Imam Ali (AS) said, The honour of a man is his integrity and his beauty is his magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرَفُ الرَّجُلِ نَزاهَتُهُ وَ جَمالُهُ مُرُوَّتُهُ
Tags Good Temper
hadith 4702
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who knows the significance of his honour safeguards it from the lowliness of his base desires and falsity of his aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ شَرَفَ مَعْناهُ صانَهُ عَنْ دَناءَةِ شَهْوَتِهِ وَ زُورِ مُناهُ
Tags Good TemperSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4703
Imam Ali (AS) said, Holding on to comprehensive merit (or merits) is from the perfection of honour.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ كَمالِ الشَّرَفِ اَلأخْذُ بِجَوامِعِ الفَضْلِ (الفَضائِلِ)
Tags Good Temper
hadith 4704
Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is not perfected except through generosity and humility.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَكْمُلُ الشَّرَفُ إلاّ بِالسَّخاءِ والتَّواضُعِ
Tags GenerosityHumility
hadith 4705
Imam Ali (AS) said, The honourable person is the one whose attributes are honourable.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّريفُ مَنْ شَرُفَتْ خِلالُهُ
Tags Good Temper
hadith 4706
Imam Ali (AS) said, The peripheries are the sitting places of the honourable.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألأَطْرافُ مَجالِسُ الأشْرافِ
Tags Etiquette
hadith 4707
Imam Ali (AS) said, The honourable person is not made reckless by the status he attains, even if it becomes as great as a mountain that is not shaken by strongest winds; and the lowly is made careless by the most inferior position, just as the grass that is moved by the passing breeze.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذُوالشَّرَفِ لا تُبْطِرُهُ مَنْزِلَةٌ نالَها وَ إنْ عَظُمَتْ كالْجَبَلِ الَّذي لاتُزَعْزِعُهُ الرِّياحُ وَ الدَّنِيُّ تُبْطِرُهُ أدْنى مَنْزِلَة كَالْكَلاءِ الَّذي يُحَرِّكُهُ مَرُّ النَّسيمِ
Tags HumilityArrogance/Pride
hadith 4708
Imam Ali (AS) said, The honourable one never oppresses [others].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما جارَ شَريفٌ
Tags Oppression