Nahj al-Balāgha

Hadith 1799

governance

٢١٤. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَنْ لَانَ عُودُهُ كَثُفَتْ أَغْصَانُهُ.

214. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The tree whose trunk is soft has thick branches. [1]

Source: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī