قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مُدَارَاةُ النَّاسِ نِصْفُ الْإِيمَانِ وَ الرِّفْقُ بِهِمْ نِصْفُ الْعَيْشِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) خَالِطُوا الْأَبْرَارَ سِرّاً وَ خَالِطُوا الْفُجَّارَ جِهَاراً وَ لَا تَمِيلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَظْلِمُوكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ لَا يَنْجُو فِيهِ مِنْ ذَوِي الدِّينِ إِلَّا مَنْ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ أَبْلَهُ وَ صَبَّرَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُقَالَ [لَهُ] إِنَّهُ أَبْلَهُ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Politeness with the people is half the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, and kindness with them is half the life’. Then Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Mingle with the righteous secretly and mingle with the immoral superficially (in public), but do not be attracted to them as they would oppress you. There will come a time, when, from the religious people, only those will be safe who are thought of as fools, and they would patience so much so that they will be called silly i.e. there is no intellect for him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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