hadith
9298
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Too much joking takes away prestige and brings about enmity [and rancour].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَثْرَةُ المُزاحِ تُذْهِبُ البَهاءَ وَ تُوجِبُ الشَّهْناءَ
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- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9297 Imam Ali (AS) said, Too much joking diminishes ones reverence [and dignity].
- Al-Kāfi #2291 “Much joking eliminates the dignity of one’s face and much laughing hurls belief far away.”
- Al-Amālī #410 The Messenger of Allah (s) said: An abundance of jesting will recede the water in one’s face, and an abundance of laughing will erase one’s...