[11] Among the features of a Momin is the caution...
[11] Among the features of a Momin is the caution: Amir ul-Momineen -asws , in a Hadith, described attributes of a Momin to Hamman: فَقَالَ يَا هَمَّامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ هُوَ الْكَيِّسُ الْفَطِنُ بِشْرُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَ حُزْنُهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ أَوْسَعُ شَيْءٍ صَدْراً وَ أَذَلُّ شَيْءٍ نَفْساً زَاجِرٌ عَنْ كُلِّ فَانٍ حَاضٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ حَسَنٍ لَا حَقُودٌ وَ لَا حَسُودٌ وَ لَا وَثَّابٌ وَ لَا سَبَّابٌ وَ لَا عَيَّابٌ وَ لَا مُغْتَابٌ يَكْرَهُ الرِّفْعَةَ وَ يَشْنَأُ السُّمْعَةَ طَوِيلُ الْغَمِّ بَعِيدُ الْهَمِّ كَثِيرُ الصَّمْتِ وَقُورٌ ذَكُورٌ صَبُورٌ شَكُورٌ مَغْمُومٌ بِفِكْرِهِ مَسْرُورٌ بِفَقْرِهِ سَهْلُ الْخَلِيقَةِ لَيِّنُ الْعَرِيكَةِ رَصِينُ الْوَفَاءِ قَلِيلُ الْأَذَى لَا مُتَأَفِّكٌ وَ لَا مُتَهَتِّكٌ So he -asws said: ‘O Hammam!
The Momin , he is the smart, the intelligent. His happiness is in his face and his grief is in his heart; the expansive thing being the chest and the humble thing being the self; restraining from everything and exhorting upon everything good; neither being spiteful, nor envious, nor leaping (quick to argue), nor abusive, nor a fault-finder, nor slanderous.
He dislikes the elevation (status), and inimical to be heard of (fame), lengthy of grief, far from worrying, frequent of the silence, dignity, remembrance, gratefulness; being gloomy due to his thoughts and joyful due to his poverty, of the easygoing nature, soft flexibility, strong of loyalty, little hurtfulness, neither being a liar nor immoral.
هَشَّاشٌ بَشَّاشٌ لَا بِعَبَّاسٍ وَ لَا بِجَسَّاسٍ صَلِيبٌ كَظَّامٌ بَسَّامٌ دَقِيقُ النَّظَرِ عَظِيمُ الْحَذَرِ لَا يَجْهَلُ وَ إِنْ جُهِلَ عَلَيْهِ يَحْلُمُ لَا يَبْخَلُ وَ إِنْ بُخِلَ عَلَيْهِ صَبَرَ عَقَلَ فَاسْتَحْيَا وَ قَنِعَ فَاسْتَغْنَى حَيَاؤُهُ يَعْلُو شَهْوَتَهُ وَ وُدُّهُ يَعْلُو حَسَدَهُ وَ عَفْوُهُ يَعْلُو حِقْدَهُ (He is) light and happy, neither being with a frown nor with slyness, controlling anger, smiling, having sharp insight, of great caution.
He does not ignore, and if he is ignored upon, he forebears. He is not stingy, and if he is being stingy upon, he is patient. He (uses) intellect, so he is bashful and content, therefore he is self-sufficient. His bashfulness is higher than his lustful desires, and his cordiality is higher than his envy, and his pardoning is higher than his malice. (an extract).