Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Praise for One Whose Own Fault Preoccupies Him from Finding Fault in Others

Volume 1 5 narrations
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Backbiting/Slander 4 Etiquette 1 Intellect/Reason 1 Soul (Nafs) 1 Heedlessness/Negligence 1

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hadith 1214
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Blessed be the one whose own fault preoccupies him from finding faults in others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): طوبى لِمَن شَغَلَهُ عَيبُهُ عَن عُيوبِ النّاسِ.
Tags Backbiting/SlanderEtiquette
hadith 1215
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most intelligent of people is he who is well aware of his own faults and blind to others faults.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أعقَلُ النّاسِ مَن كانَ بِعَيبِهِ بَصيراً، وعَن عَيبِ غَيرِهِ ضَريراً.
Tags Intellect/ReasonBackbiting/Slander
hadith 1216
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who observes his own faults is preoccupied from others faults.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أبصَرَ عَيبَ نَفسِهِ شُغِلَ عَن عَيبِ غَيرِه.
Tags Backbiting/Slander
hadith 1217
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The most beneficial thing for a man is his precedence over others at knowing his own fault.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أنفَعُ الأشياءِ لِلمَرءِ سَبقُهُ النّاسَ إلى عَيبِ نَفسِهِ.
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 1218
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘When you see a man inspecting other people s sins and forgetting his own sins, then know that he is deluding himself.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا رَأيتُمُ العَبدَ مُتَفَقِّداً لِذُنوبِ (النّاسِ) ناسِياً لِذُنوبِهِ، فَاعلَموا أنَّهُ قَد مُكِرَ بِهِ .
Tags Backbiting/SlanderHeedlessness/Negligence