Hadith 992
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10-20 Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā al-ʿAṭṭār (ra) narrated to us, he said: my father narrated to me; from Muḥammad b. Aḥmad, he said: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Rāzī narrated to me; from al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abī ʿUthmān; from Aḥmad b. ʿUmar al-Ḥallāl; from Yaḥyā b. ʿImrān al-Ḥalabī, he said
he heard Abū ʿAbd Allāh (ʿas) saying, "An arrogant person should not hope for a praiseworthy reputation, nor a swindler for many friends. An ill-mannered person should not hope for nobility, nor should a miser hope that his kin maintain their relations with him. One who mocks people should not hope for true friendship; neither should one of little understanding hope to be in a position he will be allowed to judge. A gossip should not hope for peace, nor a covetous person hope for comfort in his heart. One who punishes minor transgressions should not hope for prominence, nor should an inexperienced individual who is over-confident in their view hope to be in power."
10-20 حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه قال: حدثني أبي، عن محمد بن أحمد قال: حدثني أبوعبد الله الرازي، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي عثمان،عن أحمد بن عمر الحلال، عن يحيى بن عمران الحلبي قال
سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: لا يطمعن ذو الكبر في الثناء الحسن، ولا الخب في كثرة الصديق ولا السيئ الادب في الشرف، ولا البخيل في صلة الرحم، ولا المستهزء بالناس في صدق المودة، ولا القليل الفقه في القضاء، ولا المغتاب في السلامة، ولا الحسود في راحة القلب، ولا المعاقب على الذنب الصغير في السؤدد، ولا القليل التجربة المعجب برأيه في رئاسة
Notes
There is a very similar maxim presented as a general saying, which is quoted in Muḍāhat Amthāl Kalīlah wa Dimnah, p. 21, by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Ḥusayn al-Yamanī, the fourth-century Fāṭimid poet and litterateur. This beautiful ḥadīth, worth lengthy reflection, is a wonderful example of the wisdom literature contained in our corpus.