Nahj al-Balāgha

Hadith 1650

governance

١٤. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَنْ ضَيَّعَهُ الْأَقْرَبُ أُتِيحَ لَهُ الْأَبْعَدُ.

14. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He who is abandoned by near ones is dear to remote ones.

Source: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī