Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / Rectitude and Right Guidance / Hadith 3979 hadith 3979 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, You will never know rectitude until you know the one who has abandoned it. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الرُّشْدَ حتّى تَعْرِفُوا الَّذي تَرَكَهُ Similar narrations Nahj al-Balāgha #642 You should know that you will never know guidance unless you know who has abandoned it, you will never abide by the pledges of the Qur’ān... All narrations in Rectitude and Right Guidance Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 3979 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, You will never know rectitude until you know the one who has abandoned it. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الرُّشْدَ حتّى تَعْرِفُوا الَّذي تَرَكَهُ