Noble and ignoble behaviors under hunger and satiation

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 49

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 49

Noble and ignoble behaviors under hunger and satiation
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Ḥadīth 63

٤٩. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): احْذَرُوا صَوْلَةَ الْكَرِيمِ إذَا جَاعَ، واللَّئِيمِ إِذَا شَبِعَ.

49. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Fear the attack of a noble person when he is hungry, and that of an ignoble person when he is satiated. [1]