اِحْذَرُوا الْبَغْىَ...

اِحْذَرُوا الْبَغْىَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عُقُوبَةٍ هِيَ أَحْضَرُ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ الْبَغْيِ. Refrain from aggression, for its punishment is the most immediate. اِجْتَنِبِ الْغَضَبَ. Refrain from anger. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالْشُّحَّ؛ فَاِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالشُّحِّ، أَمَرَهُمْ بِالبُخْلِ فَبَخِلُوْا؛ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالقَطِيْعَةِ فَقَطَعُوْا؛ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالفُجُوْرِ فَفَجَرُوْا. Refrain from avarice, for it ruined your predecessors.

It led them to misery and they became misers, it led them to breaking the bonds of kinship and they did so, and it led them to wickedness and they became wicked. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالغِيْبَةَ؛ فَاِنَّ الغِيْبَةَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الزِّنَا، اِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ يَزْنِي وَيَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَاِنَّ صَاحِبَ الغِيبَةِ لا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَغْفِرَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ. Refrain from backbiting, for it is worse than adultery.

Verily, when someone commits adultery and repents, God accepts his repentance, but a backbiter will not be forgiven until he is first forgiven by the backbited. اِيَّاكَ وَقَرِيْنَ السُّوْءِ؛ فَاِنَّكَ بِهِ تُعْرَفُ. Refrain from bad friends, for you are identified through them. اِيَّاكَ وَالسُّؤَالَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ ذُلٌّ حَاضِرٌ؛ وَفَقْرٌ تَتَعَجَّلُهُ. Refrain from begging, for it is immediate meanness, and the poverty towards which you haste.

اِيَّاكُمْ وَالدَّيْنَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ هَمٌّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَذَلَّةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ. Refrain from borrowing, for it leads to the sorrow of night and meanness of day. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالمَدْحَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ الذَّبْحُ. Refrain from eulogy, for it is like unto cutting off one's head. اِيَّاكَ وَمُصَاحِبَةَ الاَحْمَقِ؛ فَاِنَّهُ يُرِيْدُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ فَيَضُرَّكَ. Refrain from foolish friends, for they'll cause you evil, though good they intend.

اِيَّاكُمْ وَالغُلُوَّ في الدِّينِ؛ فَاِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالغُلُوِّ في الدِّيْنِ. Refrain from going to extremes in matters religious, for it ruined your predecessors. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالطَّمَعَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ الحَاضِرُ. Refrain from greed, for it is immediate poverty. اِحْذَرُوا الشَّهْوَةَ الْخَفِيَّةَ: الْعَالِمُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَجْلُسَ اِلَيْهِ. Refrain from hidden passion: it is when a scholar likes people to sit in his presence.

اِيَّاكَ وَمُصَاحَبَةَ الكَذَّابِ؛ فَاِنَّهُ كَسَرَابٍ يُقَرِّبُ اِلَيْكَ البَعِيْدَ؛ وَيُبَعِّدُ اِلَيْكَ القَرِيْبَ. Refrain from liars, for they are mirage in resemblance, drawing near you what's far in distance and brining what is remote to your presence.