كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) إِذَا صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ قَالَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَجْتَنِبَ مُوَاخَاةَ ثَلَاثَةٍ الْمَاجِنِ وَ الْأَحْمَقِ وَ الْكَذَّابِ فَأَمَّا الْمَاجِنُ فَيُزَيِّنُ لَكَ فِعْلَهُ وَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَهُ وَ لَا يُعِينُكَ عَلَى أَمْرِ دِينِكَ وَ مَعَادِكَ وَ مُقَارَنَتُهُ جَفَاءٌ وَ قَسْوَةٌ وَ مَدْخَلُهُ وَ مَخْرَجُهُ عَلَيْكَ عَارٌ وَ أَمَّا الْأَحْمَقُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُشِيرُ عَلَيْكَ بِخَيْرٍ وَ لَا يُرْجَى لِصَرْفِ السُّوءِ عَنْكَ وَ لَوْ أَجْهَدَ نَفْسَهُ وَ رُبَّمَا أَرَادَ مَنْفَعَتَكَ فَضَرَّكَ فَمَوْتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِهِ وَ سُكُوتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ نُطْقِهِ وَ بُعْدُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قُرْبِهِ وَ أَمَّا الْكَذَّابُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَهْنِئُكَ مَعَهُ عَيْشٌ يَنْقُلُ حَدِيثَكَ وَ يَنْقُلُ إِلَيْكَ الْحَدِيثَ كُلَّمَا أَفْنَى أُحْدُوثَةً مَطَّهَا بِأُخْرَى حَتَّى إِنَّهُ يُحَدِّثُ بِالصِّدْقِ فَمَا يُصَدَّقُ وَ يُغْرِي بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْعَدَاوَةِ فَيُنْبِتُ السَّخَائِمَ فِي الصُّدُورِ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ انْظُرُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ .
Translation
From him, from Amro Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Salim Al Kindy, from the one who narrated it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘It was so that Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> ascended the Pulpit, said: ‘It is befitting for the Muslim that he keeps aside from establishing brotherhood with three – the immoral, and the stupid, and the liar. So, as for the immoral, so he would adorn his deed for you and he would love it if you could become like him, and he will not assist you upon the matter of your Religion and your Hereafter; and associating with him is disloyalty and hard-heartedness, and his entry and his exit is a disgrace upon you. And as for the stupid, so he would not indicate upon you with the good, nor would he hope for the exchanging of the evil from you and even if he has to fight against his own self; and sometimes he intends to benefit you, but (instead) he harms you. Thus, his death is better than his life, and his silence is better than his speaking, and his remoteness is better than his nearness. And as for the liar, so life is not welcoming with him. He transmits your narration and transmist the narration to you. Everytime he runs out of a narration, so he stretches it with another to the extent that when he does narrate with the truth, he is not believed; and he entices the people with the enmity, so he cause the grudges to grown in the chests. Therefore, fear Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and look out for yourselves!’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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