Ali, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, (It has been...

Ali, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, (It has been narrated) from Misma’a Abu Sayyar that Abu Abdullah -asws wrote to him in a letter: ‘Look (be careful) that you do not speak with a transgressing word, ever, and even if it astounds yourself and your clan’.

[7] Be careful of the company of an evil person: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الشَّرِّ يُعْدِي وَ قَرِينَ السَّوْءِ يُرْدِي فَانْظُرْ مَنْ تُقَارِنُ .

A number of his companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan -asws having said: ‘Isa -as Bin Maryam -as said: ‘The owner of the evil, infects, and an evil partner destroys, therefore consider (carefully) the one whom you associate with’.

[8] Be Cautious of the world: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ الْحَيَّةِ مَا أَلْيَنَ مَسَّهَا وَ فِي جَوْفِهَا السَّمُّ النَّاقِعُ يَحْذَرُهَا الرَّجُلُ الْعَاقِلُ وَ يَهْوِي إِلَيْهَا الصَّبِيُّ الْجَاهِلُ .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Giyas Bin Ibrahim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘In the Book of Ali -asws (he -asws said): ‘But rather an example of the world is like an example of the snake, which is smooth when touching it but from inside it is drenched in the venom (poison). The intellectual man is cautious from it, and the ignorant children are attracted towards it ’.

[9] حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ بَقَّاحٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ مَتِينٌ فَأَوْغِلْ فِيهِ بِرِفْقٍ وَ لَا تُبَغِّضْ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّ الْمُنْبَتَّ يَعْنِي الْمُفْرِطَ لَا ظَهْراً أَبْقَى وَ لَا أَرْضاً قَطَعَ فَاعْمَلْ عَمَلَ مَنْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يَمُوتَ هَرِماً وَ احْذَرْ حَذَرَ مَنْ يَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ غَداً .

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Khasshab, from Ibn Baqah, from Muaz Bin Sabit, from Amro Bin Jumie, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O Ali -asws !

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