hadith 282
Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When an abstemious person flees from people, seek after him, and when he seeks after people, flee from him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا هَرَبَ الزاهدُ مِنَ الناسِ فاطْلُبْهُ ، إذا طَلَبَ الزاهدُ الناسَ فاهْرُبْ مِنهُ .

Similar narrations

  • Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4180 Imam Ali (AS) said, When the one who renounces worldly pleasures flees from the people, seek him out.
  • Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4181 Imam Ali (AS) said, When the one who renounces worldly pleasures seeks people, flee from him.
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