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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Social interaction with people of merits is enlivening for the hearts.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Let not your family or those whom you love be the most miserable of people because of you.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Do not alienate a person whose separation will harm you.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The one who mingles with people is afflicted by the evil associate and the hypocrisy of the enemy.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Preserve [the respect of others] and your respect will be preserved.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Mix sternness with gentleness, and be gentle as long as gentleness is more befitting.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Imbibe your heart with mercy for all the people and kindness towards them, and do not oppress them or be [like] a sword over them.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Remember you brother who is absent in the same way that which you would like him to remember you [in your absence] and keep away from what he dislikes; and disregard from him that which you would like him to disregard from you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Loathe from yourself what you loathe from others and like for people what you like for yourself.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Reduced mingling preserves religion and relieves one from having to associate with wicked people.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be equitable to people over yourself, your family, your near ones and those from whom you desire something, and be just with both enemy and friend.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be friendly with the one who is friendly with you, accept the excuse of the one who seeks your pardon and do good to the one who wrongs you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Guard well the sanctities [of such things that are sacrosanct] and draw near to the people of magnanimity, for indeed guarding the sanctities [and boundaries] demonstrates an honourable character and drawing near to the magnanimous indicates nobility of purpose.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be merciful to the one who is under you and the one who is above you will be merciful to you; compare his forgetfulness with your forgetfulness and his disobedience with your disobedience to you Lord, and his need of your mercy to your need of the mercy of your Lord.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Cling to the people of virtue and piety, and request them not compliment you, for indeed excessive praise brings one close to being deceived [about his true status] and being pleased with it causes the displeasure of Allah.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Make your self a gauge between you and the other; love for him what you love for your self, and hate for him what you hate for it, and do good as you would like good to be done to you, and do not oppress just as you would like not to be oppressed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Associate with people in the way that you would like them to associate with you, [by doing this] you will be safe from them and they will be safe from you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Keep away from socializing with evil people for they are like fire - the one who comes in contact with it gets burnt.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Keep away from socializing with those who look for the faults (or sins) of people, for indeed even their companion is not safe from them.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be sure to keep away from that which angers your Lord and alienates people from you, for the one who angers his Lord is faced with annihilation and one who alienates people renounces freedom.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be careful to keep away from turning your backs on each other, cutting off ties with each other, and abandoning the enjoining of good and prohibiting of evil [with respect to one another].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most deserving of those whom you love is the one who does not forsake you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most equitable conduct is for you to deal with people in the way you would like them to deal with you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most unjust conduct is for you to seek equity from people while not dealing with them in the same way.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most worthy of those whom you love is he whose benefit is for you and whose harm is for other than you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily the best outward appearance [and demeanour] is that which makes you mingle with people and beautifies you among them and restrains their tongues from [speaking ill of] you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Make others incline towards you instead of distancing themselves from you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Man is the son of his time.85

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through good social interaction, affection lasts.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through good social interaction friendships become intimate.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By good social interaction ties (or companionship) last.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How evil an associate the spiteful person is!

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Good social interaction causes affection to endure.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Interact with people through their [norms of] etiquette but separate yourself from them in [your] actions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Interact with people in such a way that when you die, they weep over you and when you are absent, they yearn for your company.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Interact with people through your tongues and your bodies, but part from them with your hearts and your actions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many an associate is not a close friend.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is in times of trial that a man is [either] honoured or disgraced.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Associate with the people of excellence and you will gain felicity and nobility.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The development of the hearts is in socializing with people of intellect.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Cutting off [ties with] the ignorant is equivalent to establishing ties with the intelligent.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The intelligent person [only] cuts off ties with you after failing to find any other way out.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Get closer to the people in their morals and you will be safe from their malice [and evil].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Having many acquaintances is a tribulation, and socializing with the people is an ordeal.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose social interaction increases, his piety (or reliability) decreases.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who mingles with the people is affected by their devices.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever mingles with the people, his piety decreases.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose social interaction is good, his brothers increase.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who deals leniently with people enjoys [and benefits from] their company.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose being alive is not beneficial to you, then count him among the dead.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be good in your interactions, be patient in difficulties and be equitable when you have power.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be pleased for [other] people with that which pleases you, then you will be a [true] Muslim.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Hadith

Society Companionship & Friendship SOCIAL INTERACTION AND MINGLING