Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / The Causes of Downfall and Ruin / Hadith 10833 hadith 10833 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things cause ruin: boldness in front of the ruler, trusting a disloyal person and tasting poison as an experiment [to see how effective it is!]. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثَةٌ مُهْلِكَةٌ: اَلجُرْأَةُ عَلَى السُّلْطانِ وَ ائْتِمانُ الخَوّانِ وَ شُرْبُ السَّمِ لِلتَّجْرِبَةِ Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9349 Imam Ali (AS) said, Boldness [and defiance] in front of the king is the quickest [means of] destruction. All narrations in The Causes of Downfall and Ruin Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 10833 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things cause ruin: boldness in front of the ruler, trusting a disloyal person and tasting poison as an experiment [to see how effective it is!]. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثَةٌ مُهْلِكَةٌ: اَلجُرْأَةُ عَلَى السُّلْطانِ وَ ائْتِمانُ الخَوّانِ وَ شُرْبُ السَّمِ لِلتَّجْرِبَةِ