Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 4548
✧ Reports and stories on the virtue of truthfulness and the blame of lying, apart from what has passed
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، أنا أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ، نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ، نا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الصَّفَّارُ، نا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، نا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ:
" أَنَّ لُقْمَانَ قَالَ لِابْنِهِ: يَا بُنَيَّ حَمَلْتُ الْجَنْدَلَ وَالْحَدِيدَ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ ثَقِيلٍ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ شَيْئًا هُوَ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ جَارِ السَّوْءِ، وَذُقْتُ الْمَرَارَ، فَلَمْ أَذُقْ شَيْئًا هُوَ أَمَرَّ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ. يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تُرْسِلْ رَسُولَكَ جَاهِلًا، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ حَكِيمًا، فَكُنْ رَسُولَ نَفْسِكَ. يَا بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالْكَذِبَ، فَإِنَّهُ شَهِيٌّ كَلَحْمِ الْعُصفُورِ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ يَقْلِي صَاحِبَهُ. يَا بُنَيَّ احْضُرِ الْجَنَائِزَ، وَلَا تَحْضُرِ الْعُرْسَ، فَإِنَّ الْجَنَائِزَ تُذَكِّرُكَ الْآخِرَةَ، وَالْعُرْسَ يُشْجِيكَ الدُّنْيَا. يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَأْكُلْ شِبَعًا عَلَى شِبَعٍ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُلْقِهِ لِلْكَلْبِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَأْكُلَهُ. يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَكُنْ حُلْوًا فَتُبْلَعَ، وَلَا مُرًّا فَتُلْفَظَ "
Translation
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machine translationAbū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān informed us, (he said) Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān informed us, (he said) Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī narrated to us, (he said) Abū Ḥafṣ al-Ṣaffār narrated to us, (he said) ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us, (he said) Yūnus narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan:
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"Luqmān said to his son: 'My son, I have carried rocks and iron and everything heavy, and I found nothing heavier than a bad neighbour. And I have tasted bitter things, and I tasted nothing more bitter than poverty. My son, do not send an ignorant man as your messenger; if you cannot find a wise one, then be your own messenger. My son, beware of lying, for it is tempting like the meat of a sparrow, but before long it makes its owner hated. My son, attend funerals and do not attend weddings, for funerals remind you of the Hereafter, while weddings stir in you longing for this world. My son, do not eat when you are full upon fullness, for if you throw it to the dog, that is better than eating it. My son, do not be sweet, or you will be swallowed, nor bitter, or you will be spat out.'"
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