20. Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Isbahani said: Makki ibn Ahmad ibn Sa`daway al-Burdh`I said: Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-`Ataki reported to us that Muhammad ibn Ashras said: Ibrahim ibn Nasr said: Wahab ibn Wahab ibn Hashim Abu al-Bakhtari said: Ja`far ibn Muhammad said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, on the authority of `Ali ibn Abu Talib that

The Prophet said: O `Ali! It is certain that you will not please anyone over the anger of Allah. So, do not praise anyone for what Allah has granted you, and do not blame anyone for what Allah has not granted you. Verily, sustenance is not snatched away y the greed of a greedy person not is it diverted by the hate of a spiteful person. Verily, through His Wisdom and His Grace, Allah, the Mighty and High, placed refreshment and happiness in certainty and pleasure. He placed anxiety and sorrow in doubt and anger. There is nothing lower than ignorance, and there is no greater wealth than wisdom. There is no solitude greater than narcissism, and there is no greater help than good advice. There is nothing more intelligent than good management and there is nothing more pious than abstaining from the forbidden. There is no greater independence than good conduct, and there is no act of service greater than thinking. The calamity of speech is lying. The calamity of knowledge is forgetfulness. The calamity of service is weakness. The calamity of intelligence is arrogance. The calamity of bravery is injustice. The calamity of magnanimity is favor. The calamity of beauty is vanity. The calamity of nobility is pride.