Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2338b
"عَن الشَّعْبِىَّ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِى طَالِبٍ لِرَجُلٍ ذَكَرَ لَهُ صُحْبَةَ رَجُلٍ بِهِ رَهَقٌ: لَا تَصْحَبْ أَخَا الْجَهْلِ... وَإِيَّاكَ وَإِيَّاهُ فَكَمْ مِنْ جَاهِل أَرْدَى... حَلِيمًا حِينَ آخَاهُ يُقَاسُ الْمْرءُ بَالْمَرْءِ... إِذَا مَا هُوَ مَا شَاهُ وَلِلشَّىْءِ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ... مَقَاييسُ وَأَشْبَاهُ وَلِلْقَلْبِ عَلَى القَلْبِ... دَلِيلٌ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shaʿbi
- Qāl ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib Lirajul
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From al-Sha'bi, who said: 'Ali ibn Abi Talib said to a man who mentioned to him the companionship of a man who had recklessness in him: 'Do not keep company with a brother of ignorance... and beware of him, for how many an ignorant one has ruined... a forbearing man when he befriends him. A man is measured by the man... when he follows him. For things, there are measures and likenesses. And for the heart over the heart... there is a guide when it meets it.'"
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