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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech The Judicious The Judicious الحازم The judicious person is one who does not get too preoccupied with the blessing [he has been given] to work for his afterlife. 1ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ لا يَشْغَلُهُ النِّعْمَةُ عَنِ العَمَلِ لِلْعاقِبَةِ. The judicious person is one who is generous with what he has in his possession and does not postpone his work of today to tomorrow.

2ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ جادَ بِما في يَدِهِ، ولَمْ يُؤَخِّرْ عَمَلَ يَومِهِ إلى غَدِهِ. The judicious person is one who is not too preoccupied with the deceptions of his world to work for his Hereafter. 3ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْغَلْهُ غُرُورُ دُنْياهُ عَنِ العَمَلِ لاُخْراهُ. The judicious person is one who is amicable with [the people of] his time. 4ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ دارى زَمانَهُ. The judicious person is one who has been made worldly-wise by experience and refined by calamities.

5ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ حَنَّكَتْهُ التَّجارِبُ، وهَذَّبَتْهُ النَّوائِبُ. The judicious person is one who gives thanks for blessings that come to him and is patient and thinks no more of it when the blessings turn away or turn back from him. 6ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ شَكَرَ النِّعْمَةَ مُقْبِلَةً، وصَبَرَ عَنْها، وَسَلاها مُوَلِّيَةً مُدْبِرَةً.

The judicious person is one who delays meting out punishment when [he is] under the yoke of anger and expedites the repayment of favours by taking advantage of the available opportunity. 7ـ اَلحازِمُ مَنْ يُؤَخِّرُ العُقُوبَةَ في سُلْطانِ الغَضَبِ، ويُعَجِّلُ مُكافاةَ الإحْسانِ إغْتِناماً لِفُرْصَةِ الإمكانِ. The most judicious of you is the most abstemious of you [from worldly pleasures]. 8ـ أحْزَمُكُمْ أزْهَدُكُمْ.

The most judicious of all people is one who deems his worldly affairs to be unimportant. 9ـ أحْزَمُ النّاسِ مَنِ اسْتَهانَ بِأمْرِ دُنْياهُ. The most judicious of people is the one who presumes his inability despite having numerous supporters. 10ـ أحْزَمُ النّاسِ مَنْ تَوَهَّمَ العَجْزَ لِفَرْطِ اسْتِظْهارِهِ. The most judicious of people is the one whose inner and outer garments are patience and consideration of the consequences [of his actions].

11ـ أحْزَمُ النّاسِ مَنْ كانَ الصَّبْرُ والنَّظَرُ فيِ العَواقِبِ شِعارَهُ وَدِثارَهُ. The most judicious of people is the one who fulfils his promise and does not postpone his work of today to tomorrow. 12ـ أحْزَمُ النّاسِ رَأْياً مَنْ أنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، ولَمْ يُؤَخِّرْ عَمَلَ يَوْمِهِ لِغَدِهِ.