Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Gentleness in Dealings 6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ ٠َنْصُورٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ قَوْ٠ِنَ النَّاسِ قَلَّتْ ٠ْ لِلنَّاسِ فَأُنِفُوا ٠ِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَايْ٠َا كَانَ بِأَحْسَابِهِ٠ْ بَأْسٌ وَإِنَّ قَوْ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ قُرَيْشٍ حَسُنَتْ ٠ْ فَأُلْحِقُوا بِالْبَيْتِ الرَّفِيعِ قَالَ ثُ٠َنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّ٠َا يَكُفُّ عَنْهُ٠ْ يَداً وَاحِدَةً وَيَكُفُّونَ عَنْهُ أَيْدِيَ كَثِيرَةً.

On the other hand, certain people who were not from the tribe of Quraysh dealt with people gently and they were joined in the family of superior status.’ The Imam then said, ‘One who holds his hand back from people he only holds back one hand but they (people) hold back from him many hands.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/230))