hadith
4325
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Be stingy with your secrets and do not divulge the secret that has been entrusted to you, for indeed divulging [it] is betrayal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ بِأسْرارِكَ بَخيلاً وَلا تُذِعْ سِرّاً أُودِعْتَهُ فَإنَّ الإذاعَةَ خِيانَةٌ
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #7583 Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst treachery is divulging the secret [that has been entrusted to you].
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3795 Imam Ali (AS) said, Divulgence [of secrets] is [and act of] disloyalty
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4332 Imam Ali (AS) said, One who divulges a secret that has been entrusted to him has betrayed [a trust].
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4327 Imam Ali (AS) said, One who conceals the secret [that has been entrusted to him] is loyal and trustworthy.