Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2348b
"عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِى الصَّهْبَاءِ قَالَ: لَمَّا ضَرَبَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ عَلِيًّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَسَنُ وَهُوَ بَاكٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا بُنَىَّ؟ قَالَ: وَمَالِى لَا أَبْكى وَأَنْتَ فِى أَوَّلِ يَومِ الآخِرَةِ وآخِرِ يَومٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، فَقَالَ يَا بُنَىَّ: احْفَظْ أَرْبعًا وأَرْبَعًا لا يَضُرُّكَ مَا عَمِلْتَ مَعَهُنَّ، قَالَ: وَمَا هُنَّ يا أَبَةِ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَغْنَى الْغنَى الْعَقْلُ، وَأَكْبَرَ الْفَقْرِ الْحُمْقُ، وَأَوْحَشَ الْوَحْشَةِ الْعَجَبُ، وَأَكْرَمَ الْكَرَمِ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَةِ هَذِهِ الأَرْبَعُ فَأَعْلمْنِى الأَرَبَعَ الأُخْرَى قَالَ: إِيَّاكَ وَمُصادَقة الأَحْمقِ فإِنَّهُ يُرِيُد أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ فَيَضُرُّكَ، وَإِيَّاكَ وَمُصَادَقةَ الكَذَّابِ فإِنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ عَلَيْكَ الْبَعيدَ، وَيُبْعِدُ عَلَيْكَ الْقَرِيبَ، وَإِيَّاكَ وَمُصادَقةَ الْبَخِيلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْعُدُ عَنْكَ أَحْوَجَ ما تَكُونُ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِيَّاكَ وَمُصَادَقَةَ الْفَاجِرِ فَإِنَّهُ يَبِيعُكَ بالتافِهِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUqbah b. Abiá al-Ṣahbāʾ
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From 'Uqbah ibn Abi al-Sahba', who said: When Ibn Muljam struck 'Ali, al-Hasan entered upon him weeping. He said to him: 'What makes you weep, my son?' He said: 'Why would I not weep, when you are at the first day of the Hereafter and the last day of this world.' He said: 'O my son, memorize four and four, and what you do with them will not harm you.' He said: 'And what are they, O father?' He said: 'Indeed, the richest wealth is intellect, the greatest poverty is foolishness, the most lonely loneliness is self-admiration, and the most noble generosity is good character.' He said: 'I said: O father, these are four, so teach me the other four.' He said: 'Beware of befriending the fool, for he wants to benefit you and harms you. Beware of befriending the liar, for he brings the distant near to you and pushes the near far from you. Beware of befriending the miser, for he withdraws from you when you need him most. Beware of befriending the wicked, for he will sell you for a trifle.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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