ALI Logo ALI
Search Books Updates
Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / Interpreting speech with positive intent / Hadith 1920
Hadith 1920
Hadith #
1920
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
360
Part
Sayings
Chapter
Interpreting speech with positive intent
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
360. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Do not regard an expression uttered by any person as evil if you can find it capable of bearing some good.
۳۶۰. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): لَا تَظُنَّنَّ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ سَوءاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجِدُ لَهَا فِي الْخَيْرِ مُحْتَمَلاً.
Tags Governance

Similar narrations

  • Nahj al-Balāgha #2158 248. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: If a person has a good idea about you make his idea be true.
  • Al-Kāfi #1325 “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said in one of his speeches, ‘Deal with the issues related to your brother (in belief) with...
All narrations in Interpreting speech with positive intent Browse all books Search more hadith
Rewayaat

A project of the Academy for Learning Islam. Search, browse, and study Shi'i narrations in Arabic and English.

Explore
Updates Search Tips API Documentation
Contact
rewayaat.org@gmail.com GitHub Repository Academy of Islam
© 2026 Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.)
Content and translations remain the responsibility of their original sources.