Ghurar al-Ḥikam

The Dimwit

Volume 1 8 narrations
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hadith 4427
Imam Ali (AS) said, The wise person gets most fatigued when he speaks to a dimwit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْيى ما يَكُونُ الحَكيمُ إذا خاطَبَ سَفيهاً
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hadith 4428
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most dim-witted of all fools is the one who boasts with foul language.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أسْفَهُ السُّفَهاءِ المُتَبَجِّحُ بِفُحْشِ الكَلامِ
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hadith 4429
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who enters the circle of dimwits is debased.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ داخَلَ السُّفَهاءَ حُقِّرَ
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hadith 4430
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who censures a dimwit has exposed himself to insult.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَذَلَ سَفِيهاً فَقَدْ عَرَّضَ لِلسَّبِّ نَفْسَهُ
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hadith 4431
Imam Ali (AS) said, Refraining from replying a dimwit is the best reply you can give him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تَرْكُ جَوابِ السَّفيهِ أبْلَغُ جَوابِهِ
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hadith 4432
Imam Ali (AS) said, The dimwit does not know the right of the wise one.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَعْرِفُ السَّفيهُ حَقَّ الحَليمِ
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hadith 4433
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing corrects the dimwit but bitter [and harsh] speech.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُقَوِّمُ السَّفيهَ إلاّ مُرُّ الكَلامِ
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hadith 4434
Imam Ali (AS) said, Accompanying the dimwit corrupts ones character.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُقارَنَةُ السُّفَهاءِ تُفْسِدُ الخُلْقَ
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