Good Manners
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Good manners are the perfection of man.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الأدبُ كمالُ الرَّجُلِ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 998]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘O Believer! This knowledge and good manners are the value of your soul so strive to learn them, for however much your knowledge and good manners increase, so will your value and worth accordingly.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يا مؤمنُ، إنّ هذا العِلْمَ والأدبَ ثَمَنُ نفسِكَ، فاجتَهِدْ في تَعلُّمِهِما، فما يَزيدُ مِن عِلمِكَ وأدبِكَ يَزيدُ في ثَمَنِكَ وقَدْرِكَ.
Reference:
[Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 135]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Good manners are the best disposition.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الأدبُ أحْسَنُ سَجِيّةٍ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 967]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The best inheritance parents bequeath their progeny are good manners.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): خيرُ ما وَرّثَ الآباءُ الأبناءَ الأدبُ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5036]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘People need good manners more than gold and silver.’[Ibid. no. 3590]
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ النّاسَ إلي صالحِ الأدبِ أحْوَجُ مِنهُم إلي الفِضّةِ والذَّهَبِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3590]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Good manners are the best lineage and the noblest means.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حُسنُ الأدبِ أفضلُ نَسَبٍ وأشرفُ سَبَبٍ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4853]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Acquire good manners, for they are the best personal merit.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عليكَ بالأدبِ فإنَّهُ زَيْنُ الحَسَبِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6096]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Good manners may substitute for [noble] lineage.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) :حُسنُ الأدبِ يَنُوبُ عنِ الحسَبِ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 68, no. 8]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There is no personal merit more useful than good manners.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا حسَبَ أنفعُ مِن الأدبِ.
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, . 71, p. 428, no. 78]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Spoiled is the noble descent of a man who has no good manners.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فَسَدَ حسَبُ مَن ليسَ لَه أدبٌ.
Reference:
[Tuhaf al-’Uqul, no. 96]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There is no adornment like good manners.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا زينةَ كالآدابِ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10466]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Good manners are the beauty of the mind.’
رسولُ اللّٰهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): حُسنُ الأدبِ زِينةُ العقلِ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 131, no. 41]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Everything needs the mind, and the mind needs good manners.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كلُّ شيءٍ يَحتاجُ إلي العقلِ، والعقلُ يَحتاجُ إلَي الأدبِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6911]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Good manners in man resemble a tree whose root is the mind.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الأدبُ في الإنسانِ كشَجَرةٍ أصلُها العقلُ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2004]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘He whose good manners surpass his reason is like a shepherd among numerous sheep.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن زادَ أدبُهُ علي عقلِهِ كانَ كالرّاعي بينَ غَنَمٍ كثيرةٍ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8886]
Description: Imam al-Hasan (a.s.) said, ‘A man devoid of reason cannot have good manners.’
الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا أدبَ لِمَن لا عَقْلَ لَهُ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 111, no. 6]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Take charge of the discipline of your selves and shift them away from their rough habits.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): تَولَّوْا مِن أنفسِكُم تأديبَها، واعدِلُوا بها عَن ضَراوةِ عاداتِها .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4522]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘A man who teaches his own self and disciplines it deserves more reverence than a man who teaches others and disciplines them.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مُعلّمُ نفسِهِ ومُؤدّ بُها أحَقُّ بالإجْلالِ مِن معلّمِ النّاسِ ومُؤدّبِهِم.
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 56, no. 33]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘When man’s knowledge increases his manners improve and his fear of his Lord increases.’[Ibid. no. 5932]
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا زادَ عِلمُ الرّجُلِ زادَ أدبُهُ، وتضاعَفَتْ خَشيتُه لربِّهِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5932]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘It suffices you in disciplining yourself to avoid all that you hold in contempt from others.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كَفاكَ أدبا لنفسِكَ اجتِنابُ ما تَكْرهُهُ مِن غيرِكَ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 73, no. 27]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘It suffices man in disciplining himself to not associate anyone with his Lord in his bounties and desires.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كَفي بالَعْبدِ أدَبا أن لا يُشرِكَ في نِعَمهِ وأرَبهِ غيرَ ربِّهِ.
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 94, p. 94, no. 12]
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘My father (a.s.) refined my manners by three [statements]. He said to me: ‘O son! A man who befriends a vile person cannot escape blame, and a man who does not restrain his words will live in regret, and a man who enters suspicious places will become subject to accusations.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أدَّبَني أبي (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) بثلاثٍ ... قالَ لي: يا بُنيَّ مَن يَصْحَبْ صاحبَ السَّوْءِ لا يَسْلمْ، ومَن لا يُقيِّدْ ألفاظَهُ يَنْدَمْ، ومَن يدخُلْ مَداخِلَ السُّوءِ يُتَّهمْ.
Reference:
[Tuhaf al-’Uqul, no. 376]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The best of manners is for man to stop at his limits and to not exceed his status.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أفضلُ الأدبِ أن يَقِفَ الإنسانُ عند حَدِّه ولا يَتَعدّي قَدْرَهُ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3241]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The best of manners is that which prevents you from committing sins.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أحسَنُ الآدابِ ما كَفَّكَ عنِ المَحارِمِ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3298]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Self-restraint in times of desire and fear is one of the best manners.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ضَبْطُ النّفْسِ عندَ الرَّغَبِ والرَّهَبِ مِن أفضلِ الأدبِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5932]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Honour your children and refine their manners, and your sins will be forgiven.’
رسولُ اللّٰهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أكرِمُوا أولادَكُم وأحْسِنوا آدابَهُم يُغْفَرْ لَكُم .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 95, no. 44]
Description: Ali b. Asbat said, ‘The Prophet (S) prohibited disciplining in times of anger.’
نَهَي رسولُ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) عنِ الأدبِ عندَ الغَضَبِ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 102, no. 2]
Description: 42- Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘You may improve the doers of good by honoring them, and rehabilitate the wrongdoers by disciplining them.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): استِصْلاحُ الأخيارِ بإكْرامِهِمْ، والأشرارِ بتأديبِهِمْ .
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 82, no. 81]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Punish the wrongdoer by rewarding the good-doer.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ازْجُرِ المُسيءَ بِثوابِ المُحسِنِ .
Reference:
[Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 18, p. 410]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Reprimand your brother by being kind to him, and react to his wrongdoing by being generous to him.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عاتِبْ أخاكَ بالإحسانِ إليهِ، وارْدُدْ شرَّهُ بالإنعامِ علَيهِ.
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 427, no. 76]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Rehabilitate the wrongdoer by your good deed [towards him], and indicate towards good through your good words.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أصْلِحْ المُسيءَ بحُسْنِ فِعالِكَ، ودُلَّ علَي الخيرِ بِجميلِ مَقالِكَ.
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2304]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘A man who disciplines himself by following the etiquette of Allah, the Exalted, will have lasting prosperity.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنْ تأدّبَ بآدابِ اللّهِ عزّ وجلّ أدّاهُ إلَي الفلاحِ الدائمِ.
Reference:
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 214, no. 13]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘A man who is not reformed through the etiquette of Allah will not be rehabilitated through his self-discipline.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنْ لم يَصْلُحْ علي أدبِ اللّهِ لم يَصْلُحْ علي أدبِ نفسِهِ .
Reference:
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9001]
Description: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.) said, ‘O Lord! Discipline me not through Your punishment, and plot against me not by Your artfulness.’
الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إلهي، لا تُؤدِّبْني بِعُقوبَتِكَ، ولا تَمكُرْ بِي في حِيلَتِكَ .
Reference:
[Iqbal al-A’amal, v. 1, p. 157]