Nahj al-Balāgha

Excessive love and baseless blame lead to ruin

Volume 1 Section 469 2 narrations
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Hadith 2057
469. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Two types of persons will fall into ruin over me: The one who loves exaggerates and the other who lays false and baseless blames.
٤٦٩. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): يَهْلِكُ فِيَّ رَجُلاَنِ: مُحِبٌّ مُفْرِطٌ، وَبَاهِتٌ مُفْتَرٍ.
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Hadith 2058
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This is on the lines of Amīr al-mu’minin’s own saying which runs as: “Two categories of persons will be ruined over me: the one who loves exaggeratingly and the hater and malicebearer.” [1]
قال السيد الرضي: وهذا مثل قوله (عليه ‏السلام): هَلَكَ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ مُحِبٌّ غَالٍ ومُبْغِضٌ قَالٍ.
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