hadith
1480
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Imam Reza (a.s) was asked: “What is the intellect?” He replied: “Swallowing your sorrow, shrewdness with the enemy, and treating friends with kindness.”
سئل الرضا (عليه السلام) فقيل: ما العقل؟ قال: التجرع للغصة ومداهنة الأعداء ومداراة الأصدقاء.
Similar narrations
- Al-Amālī #439 What is the intellect? So, he said: Suppressing grief, speaking gently to enemies, and showing support to friends.
- Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #732 Hasan bin Ali, peace be upon them both, was asked about the intellect. He said: To gulp a lump, and to flatter with the enemies.
- Al-Amālī #1073 Al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) was asked about intellect, so he said: It is suppressing grief and speaking gently to enemies.