Al-Khiṣāl - Part 16: On Sixteen-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 16: On Sixteen-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Sixteen Characteristics Due to Wisdom 16-3 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن يحيى العطار، وأح٠يعا قالا: حدثنا أبوسعيد سهل بن زياد الآد٠د بن الحسين بن زيد الزيات عن ع٠ان الخزاز، عن ثابت بن دينار، عن سعد بن طريف الخفاف، عن الاصبغ بن نباتة قال: كان أ٠انة، والكذب خيانة، والادب رئاسة، والحز٠فقرة، والدناءة، ٠حقرة، والسخاء قربة، واللؤ٠غربة، والرقة استكانة، والعجز ٠يل، والوفاء كيل، والعجب هلاك، والصبر ٠16-3 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad ibn Idris quoted Abu Sa’id Sahl ibn Zyad al-Adamy, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Zayd al-Zyat, on the authority of Amr ibn Uthman al-Khazzaz, on the authority of Sabit ibn Dinar, on the authority of Sa’ed ibn Tarif al-Khifaf, on the authority of Al-Asbaq ibn al-Nobatat that the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) said, “Honesty equals faithfulness.

Lying equals treason. Politeness equals nobility. Determination equals accomplishment. Wastefulness equals destruction. Frugality equals being wealthy. Greed equals lowness. Lowness equals debasement. Generosity equals friendship. Meanness equals loneliness. Kindness equals humbleness. Disability equals debasement. Following aspirations equals deviation. Loyalty equals manliness. Selfishness equals destruction. Perseverance equals prosperity.”