Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / Honour and the Honourable / Hadith 4690 hadith 4690 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is attained by earnest endeavours not by worn-out bones [of ones ancestors]. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرَفُ بِالْهِمَمِ العالِيَةِ لا بِالرِّمَمِ البالِيَةِ Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #7860 Imam Ali (AS) said, Boasting ought to be about the greatest effort, keeping promises and being overly generous, not about the worn out bones... All narrations in Honour and the Honourable Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 4690 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, Honour is attained by earnest endeavours not by worn-out bones [of ones ancestors]. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّرَفُ بِالْهِمَمِ العالِيَةِ لا بِالرِّمَمِ البالِيَةِ