Imam Ali: O my little son, what is rightness?

Imam Ali: O my little son, what is rightness? Al-Hasan: O father, rightness is repelling evil deeds with good deeds. -What is honor? -It is choosing a tribe and avoiding guilt. -What is manhood? -It is chastity, and that man should set right his property. -What is vice? -It is looking into the small and preventing the insignificant. -What is meanness? -Man heaps up money for himself and degrades his honor.[^1] -What is munificence? -It is giving generously in good days and bad days.

-What is stinginess? -It is that you see what is in your hand as an honor and what you spend as waste. -What is brotherhood? -It is loyalty during hardship and ease. -What is cowardice? -It is audacity toward the friend and recoiling from the enemy. -What is gain? -It is the wish for piety and renouncing the world. -What is clemency? -It is suppressing rage and controlling self. -What is riches?

-It is that the soul is satisfied with what Allah apportions even if it is little, for riches is that of the soul. -What is poverty? -It is that the soul is greedy…