hadith 1272
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When you fear a matter, dive straight into it for verily the intensity of your wariness of it is greater than what you actually fear.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا هِبْتَ أمْراً فقَعْ فيهِ ، فإنّ شِدَّةَ تَوقّيهِ أعْظَمُ مِمّا تَخافُ مِنهُ.

Similar narrations

  • Ghurar al-Ḥikam #2941 Imam Ali (AS) said, When you are frightened of something then jump into it, for indeed the difficulty of safeguarding yourself from it is...
  • Nahj al-Balāgha #2130 175. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When you are afraid of something dive straight into it, because the intensity of abstaining...
Browse all books Search more hadith