Hadith 96
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Hadith.1691 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"I observed that goodness is only perfected through three qualities: minimizing it, concealing it, and hastening it. When you minimize it, you magnify it in the eyes of the one you do it for. When you conceal it, you complete it. When you hasten it, you bless it. But if it is otherwise, you spoil it and distress it."
1691 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «رَأَيْتُ اَلْمَعْرُوفَ لاَ يَصْلُحُ إِلاَّ بِثَلاَثِ خِصَالٍ تَصْغِيرِهِ وَ سَتْرِهِ وَ تَعْجِيلِهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا صَغَّرْتَهُ عَظَّمْتَهُ عِنْدَ مَنْ تَصْنَعُهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا سَتَرْتَهُ تَمَّمْتَهُ وَ إِذَا عَجَّلْتَهُ هَنَّأْتَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ مَحَقْتَهُ وَ نَكَّدْتَهُ ».
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