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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Begging And Asking People Begging And Asking People السُؤال والطّلب عن الناس Begging weakens the tongue of the speaker, breaks the heart of the courageous hero, puts the free honourable one in the position of a humbled slave, takes away the radiance of one’s face and wipes out one’s sustenance.
1ـ السُّؤالُ يُضْعِفُ لِسانَ المُتَكَلِّمِ، ويَكْسِرُ قَلْبَ الشُّجاعِ البَطَلِ، وَيُوقِفُ الحُرَّ العَزيْزِ مَوْقِفَ العَبْدِ الذَّليلِ، ويُذْهِبُ بَهاءَ الوَجْهِ، ويَمْحَقُ الرِّزْقَ. Begging is the collar of humiliation, it takes the honour away from the honourable and the stature away from the noble. 2ـ المَسْئَلَةُ طَوْقُ المَذَلَّةِ، تَسْلُبُ العَزيزَ عِزَّهُ، والحَسيبَ حَسَبَهُ. Humiliation [and disgrace] is in asking from people. 3ـ الذُّلُّ في مَسْئَلَةِ النَّاسِ.
Begging is the key to poverty. 4ـ المَسْئَلَةُ مِفْتاحُ الفَقْرِ. The bane of asking [others] is lack of success [in getting what one asks for]. 5ـ آفَةُ الطَّلَبِ عَدَمُ النَّجاحِ. If you want to be obeyed [or your request to be granted] then ask for that which is feasible. 6ـ إذا أرَدْتَ أنْ تُطاعَ فَاسْأَلْ ما يُسْتَطاعُ. Let your request be for a thing, the charm of which will last for you long after the negative consequences [of your asking] have ended.
7ـ لِيَكُنْ مَسْألَتُكَ ما يَبْقى لَكَ جَمالُهُ ويُنْفى عَنْكَ وَبالُهُ. One who asks properly is aided. 8ـ مَنْ أحْسَنَ المَسْألَةَ أُسْعِفَ. Whoever asks [from] other than Allah deserves to be deprived. 9ـ مَنْ سَألَ غَيْرَ اللّهِ اِسْتَحَقَ الحِرْمانَ. One who increases his requests from people is humiliated. 10ـ مَنْ أكْثَرَ مَسْئَلَةَ النَّاسِ ذَلَّ. One who asks for that which he does not deserve is faced with deprivation. 11ـ مَنْ سَألَ ما لايَسْتَحِقُّ قُوبِلَ بِالحِرمانِ.
One who repeats his request to the people, they get irritated by him. 12ـ مَنْ تَكَرَّرَ سُؤالُهُ لِلنَّاسِ ضَجَرُوهُ. One who asks for that which is above his rank deserves to be deprived. 13ـ مَنْ سَألَ فَوْقَ قَدْرِهِ اِسْتَحَقَّ الحِرْمانَ. When one does not protect his dignity from [the humiliation of] asking you, then preserve your honour by not turning him away. 14ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَصُنْ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ مَسْألَتِكَ فَأكْرِمْ وَجْهَكَ عَنْ رَدِّهِ.
Your countenance is like frozen water that is melted by asking; so [be careful and] consider whose presence you are melting it in.
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