Feigning forbearance to assimilate virtues

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 207

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 207

Feigning forbearance to assimilate virtues
1 Ḥadīth
Ḥadīth 255

٢٠٧. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَلِيماً فَتَحَلَّمْ، فَإِنَّهُ قَلَّ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بَقَوْمٍ إِلَّا أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ.

207. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: If you cannot forbear, feign to do so because it is seldom that a man likens himself to a group and does not become as one of them. [1]