Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 6883
✧ Sins regarded as insignificant
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَلَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَرِيَّ السَّقَطِيُّ
يَقُولُ: " رَأَيْتُ فِيَ بَعْضِ كُتُبِ الْحُكَمَاءِ كَانَ يُقَالُ: قَلِيلُ الْحِكْمَةِ كَثِيرُ النَّفْعِ، وَقَلِيلُ الصِّدْقِ كَثِيرُ الصَّوَابِ، وَقَلِيلُ الْيَقِينِ كَثِيرُ الْإِيمَانِ، وَقَلِيلُ الْجَهْلِ كَثِيرُ الضَّرَرِ، وَقَلِيلُ الْإِصْرَارِ كَثِيرُ الْعُقُوبَةِ "
Translation
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machine translationAbū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us: Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Khaladī informed us: Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Masrūq narrated to me, he said: I heard Sarī al-Saqaṭī
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He said: "I saw in one of the books of the sages: it used to be said: A little wisdom is of much benefit, a little truthfulness is of much correctness, a little certainty is of much faith, a little ignorance is of much harm, and a little persistence in sin is of much punishment."
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