Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / Diminishing wit through excessive joking / Hadith 2244 hadith 2244 ۞ 450. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Whenever a man cuts a joke he separates away a bit from his wit. ۴۵۰. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): مَا مَزَحَ امْرُؤٌ مَزْحَةً إِلَّا مَجَّ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ مَجَّةً. Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9306 Imam Ali (AS) said, Any time a person makes a joke, he parts with a portion of his intellect. Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2024 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whenever a man cracks a joke, a part of his intellect trickles away. All narrations in Diminishing wit through excessive joking Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2244 ۞ 450. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Whenever a man cuts a joke he separates away a bit from his wit. ۴۵۰. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): مَا مَزَحَ امْرُؤٌ مَزْحَةً إِلَّا مَجَّ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ مَجَّةً.