كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) يَقُولُ لِيَجْتَمِعْ فِي قَلْبِكَ الِافْتِقَارُ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ الِاسْتِغْنَاءُ عَنْهُمْ فَيَكُونَ افْتِقَارُكَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي لِينِ كَلَامِكَ وَ حُسْنِ بِشْرِكَ وَ يَكُونَ اسْتِغْنَاؤُكَ عَنْهُمْ فِي نَزَاهَةِ عِرْضِكَ وَ بَقَاءِ عِزِّكَ . عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) يَقُولُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ammar Al Sabaty, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘In your heart you must have both hope in people and independence from them. Your hope and need in people must be in the form of speaking to them softly and with delightful appearance. You independence from them must be in the form of maintaining dignity and safety of your respect’. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Ma’bar who said, ‘Ali Bin Umar narrated to me, from Yahya Bin Imran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> was saying . . . – then mentioned similar to it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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