Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Secret and Confidential Discussions

Volume 1 31 narrations
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Secrets/Concealment 31 Trustworthiness (Amanah) 5 Betrayal/Treachery 4 Marriage 2 God-consciousness/Piety 1 Women 1 Intellect/Reason 1 Good Company 1

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hadith 4315
Imam Ali (AS) said, Protect your affair and do not give away your secret in marriage to whoever proposes!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِحْفَظْ أمْرَكَ وَ لا تُنْكِحْ خاطِباً سِرَّكَ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentMarriage
hadith 4316
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep your secret to yourself and neither entrust it to a judicious one who may err nor to an ignorant one who may betray [your trust].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِنْفَرِدْ بِسِرِّكَ وَلا تُودِعْهُ حازِماً فَيَزِلَّ وَ لاجاهِلاً فَيَخُونَ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 4317
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best secret discussion is that which is founded on religion and God-wariness, and is based on following the path of guidance and opposing vain desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ النَّجْوى ماكانَ علَى الدّينِ وَ التُّقى وَ أسْفَرَ عَنِ اتِّباعِ الهُدى وَ مُخالَفَةِ الهَوى
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 4318
Imam Ali (AS) said, Man is more protective of his secret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَرْءُ أحْفَظُ لِسِرِّهِ
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hadith 4319
Imam Ali (AS) said, Divulging [secrets] is the trait of outsiders [not that of believing Muslims].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلإذاعَةُ شيمَةُ الأغْيارِ
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hadith 4320
Imam Ali (AS) said, Divulging the secret that has been entrusted to you is a [form of] betrayal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذاعَةُ سِرّ أُودِعْتَهُ غَدْرٌ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentBetrayal/Treachery
hadith 4321
Imam Ali (AS) said, Three people are not to be trusted with a secret: the woman, the telltale and the fool.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثٌ لا يُسْتَوْدَعْنَ سِرّاً: المَرْأةُ وَ النَّمّامُ وَ الأحمَقُ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentTrustworthiness (Amanah)Women
hadith 4322
Imam Ali (AS) said, Your secret is a source of happiness for you if you conceal it but if you divulge it, it is your destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سِرُّكَ سُرُورُكَ إنْ كَتَمْتَهُ وَ إنْ أذَعْتَهُ كانَ ثُبُوركَ
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hadith 4323
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who divulges his secrets does not remain safe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَسْلَمُ مَنْ أذاعَ سِرَّهُ
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hadith 4324
Imam Ali (AS) said, Your secret is your prisoner but if you divulge it, you become its prisoner.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سِرُّكَ أسيرُكَ فَإنْ أفْشَيْتَهُ صِرْتَ أسيرَهُ
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hadith 4325
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be stingy with your secrets and do not divulge the secret that has been entrusted to you, for indeed divulging [it] is betrayal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ بِأسْرارِكَ بَخيلاً وَلا تُذِعْ سِرّاً أُودِعْتَهُ فَإنَّ الإذاعَةَ خِيانَةٌ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentBetrayal/Treachery
hadith 4326
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every time the keepers of secrets increase, [chances of] its divulgence becomes greater.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلَّما كَثُرَ خُزّانُ الأسْرارِ كَثُرَ ضِياعُها
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hadith 4327
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who conceals the secret [that has been entrusted to him] is loyal and trustworthy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كاتِمُ السِّرِّ وَفيٌّ أمينٌ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 4328
Imam Ali (AS) said, If a person were to use his intellect, he would protect his secret from the one who has revealed [anothers secret] to him and would not inform anyone of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ عَقَلَ المَرْءُ عَقْلَهُ لأحْرَزَ سِرَّهُ عَمَّنْ أفْشاهُ إلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يُطْلِعْ أحَداً علَيهِ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentIntellect/Reason
hadith 4329
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who reveals your secret has ruined your affair.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أفْشى سِرَّكَ ضَيَّعَ أمْرَكَ
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hadith 4330
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who conceals his secret has the choice [of doing as he wills with it] in his hand.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَتَمَ سِرَّهُ كانَتِ الخِيَرَةُ بِيَدِهِ
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hadith 4331
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who entrusts his secret to an unreliable person has forfeited his secret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أسَرَّ إلى غَيْرِ ثِقَة ضَيَّعَ سِرَّهُ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 4332
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who divulges a secret that has been entrusted to him has betrayed [a trust].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أفْشى سِرّاً أُسْتُودِعَهُ (أُودِعَهُ) فَقَدْ خانَ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentBetrayal/Treachery
hadith 4333
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever is weak in keeping his own secret, he will be even weaker in keeping the secret of others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ضَعُفَ عَنْ سِرِّهِ (شَرِّهِ) فَهُوَ عَنْ سِرِّ غَيْرِهِ أضْعَفُ
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hadith 4334
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is too weak to protect his [own] secret will not be strong enough to protect the secret of others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ضَعُفَ عَنْ حِفْظِ سِرِّهِ لَمْ يَقْوَ لِسِرِّ غَيْرِهِ
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hadith 4335
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who safeguards his secret from you has actually accused you [of being untrustworthy].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ حَصَّنَ سِرَّهُ مِنْكَ فَقَدِ اتَّهَمَكَ
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hadith 4336
Imam Ali (AS) said, From the ugliest form of betrayal is divulging a secret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ أقْبَحِ الغَدْرِ إذاعَةُ السِّرِّ
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hadith 4337
Imam Ali (AS) said, I have never blamed anyone for divulging my secret when I was more unaccommodating of it than him [by revealing it to him in the first place].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مالُمْتُ أحَداً على إذاعَةِ سِرّي إذْ كُنْتُ بِهِ أضْيَقَ (مِنْهُ)
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hadith 4338
Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of a secret is its concealment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِلاكُ السِّرِّ سَتْرُهُ
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hadith 4339
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not entrust your secret to one who has no trustworthiness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُوْدِعَنَّ سِرَّكَ مَنْ لا أمانَةَ لَهُ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 4340
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not confide in the one who would divulge your secret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَثِقْ بِمَنْ يُذيعُ سِرَّكَ
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hadith 4341
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not inform your wife and your servant about your secret as they will [use it to] subjugate you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُطْلِعْ زَوْجَكَ وَ عَبْدَكَ عَلى سِرِّكَ فَيَسْتَرِقّاكَ
Tags Secrets/ConcealmentMarriage
hadith 4342
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not confide in the ignorant one with any secret that he is unable to conceal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُسِرَّ إلَى الجاهِلِ شَيْئاً لا يُطيقُ كِتْمانَهُ
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hadith 4343
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose breast cannot accommodate his secret has no preservation (or prudence).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا حِرْزَ (لاحَزْمَ) لِمَنْ لا يَسَعُ سِرَّهُ صَدْرُهُ
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hadith 4344
Imam Ali (AS) said, The speech of every gathering is [supposed to be] rolled up with its carpet.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَديثُ كُلِّ مَجْلِس يُطْوى مَعَ بِساطِهِ
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hadith 4345
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you gain confidence in your close friend then safeguard some of your affairs and conceal some of your secrets [from him], for it is possible that you may regret [revealing it all to him] sometime in the future.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنِ اسْتَنَمْتَ إلى وَدُودِكَ فَأحْرِزْ لَهُ مِنْ أمْرِكَ وَ اسْتَبْقِ لَهُ مِنْ سِرِّكَ ما لَعَلَّكَ أنْ تَنْدِمَ علَيْهِ وَقْتاً ما
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