Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2319b
"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: كُونُوا فِي النَّاسِ كَالنَّحْلَةِ فِي الطَّيْرِ إنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الطَّيْرِ شَئٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَسْتَضْعِفُهَا وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُ الطَّيْرُ مَا فِى أَجْوَافِهَا مِنَ الْبَرَكَةِ لَمْ يَفْعَلوُا ذَلِكَ بِهَا، خَالِطُوا النَّاسَ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُم وَأجسَادِكُمْ وَزَايلُوهُم بِأَعْمَالِكُم وَقُلُوبِكُم، فَإِنَّ لِلْمَرْءِ مَا اكْتَسَبَ وَهُوَ يَوْمَ القيَامَةِ مَعَ مَنْ أَحبَّ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
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"From 'Ali who said: Be among the people like the bee among birds. There is nothing among birds but that it weakens it, and if the birds knew what is in its bellies of blessing, they would not have done that to it. Mix with people with your tongues and your bodies, and part from them with your deeds and your hearts, for a person has what he has earned, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be with whom he loved."
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الدارمى، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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