hadith
1455
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Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Better than good is its doer, more beautiful than beautiful words is the one who says them and weightier than knowledge is the one who carries it.
الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَيرٌ مِن الخَيرِ فاعِلُهُ ، وأجمَلُ مِن الجَميلِ قائلُهُ، وأرجَحُ مِن العِلمِ حامِلُهُ.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #4340 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Better than the truth itself is the one who tells it, and better than the good deed itself is the one who performs it.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1454 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Better than truthfulness is the one who practices it, and better than good is its doer.