Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Youth

Volume 1 3 narrations

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hadith 4659
The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Youth is a branch of folly.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الشَّبابُ شُعبَةٌ مِن الجُنُونِ.
hadith 4660
The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best of your youth are those who act like the old from among you, and the worst of your old ones are those who act like your youth.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): خَيرُ شَبابِكُم مَن تَشَبَّهَ بِكُهُولِكُم ، وشَرُّ كُهُولِكُم مَن تَشَبَّهَ بِشَبابِكُم.
hadith 4661
Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There are two things whose worth is only known to one who has lost them: youth and health.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): شَيئانِ لا يَعرِفُ فَضلَهُما إلّا مَن فَقَدَهُما: الشَّبابُ، وَالعافِيَةُ.