Fault
31 sayings
How can you notice a speck in your brother' s eye but overlook the tree stump in your own!
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44141; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 313 link
He who conceals a fellow believer' s shameful act is as if he has revived a newborn girl buried-alive551 from her grave.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6387; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 314 link
Knowledge and wealth cover up every fault, whereas ignorance and poverty disclose every fault.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28669; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Blessed be the one whose own fault preoccupies him from finding faults in others.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 176; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 312 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The most intelligent of people is he who is well aware of his own faults and blind to others' faults.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3233; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 312 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who observes his own faults is preoccupied from others' faults.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 88; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 312 link
The most beneficial thing for a man is his precedence over others at knowing his own fault.
al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 243, no. 337; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 312 link
When you see a man inspecting other people' s sins and forgetting his own sins, then know that he is deluding himself.
Mustatrafat al-Sara' ir, p. 48, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 313 link
O iniquitous servants, you blame others based on what you conjecture about them and do not blame yourselves in that which you know for certain!
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 501; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 313 link
The fault that lies within a man' s own self is more than enough to prevent him from prying into other people' s faults, which he himself possesses but to which he is blind; or from blaming others for that which he himself is unable to abandon; or from bothering the one he is sitting next to by prying into matters that are none of his business.
al-Khisal, p. 110, no. 81; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 313 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who pries into others' faults, disapproves of them, and then adopts them for himself, is truly a fool.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 349; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 313 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The greatest fault is when one criticises others for the same faults present in oneself.'
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 353; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 313 link
He who knows a fellow brother' s evil deed and conceals it [from others], Allah will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.
al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 3, p. 239, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 314 link
It is the duty of a believer towards a fellow believer to conceal seventy of his grave sins!
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 207, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 314 link
It is narrated in Tanbih al-Khawatir that Prophet Jesus (AS) was passing with his disciples by the corpse of a dog, when the disciples exclaimed, 'What an awful stench this dog has!' to which Prophet Jesus (AS) retorted, 'How white are his teeth!
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 117; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 314 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who informs you of your faults will guard you in your absence, whereas he who flatters you with respect to your faults will point the finger at you in your absence.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8260, 8261; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 314 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Nothing prevents anyone from among you from disclosing to a fellow brother a fault that he fears in him, except for the very fear that he too will disclose the same fault to him. You are all accomplices in your rejection of the next world and loving this world.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
The most beloved of my brothers to me is he who confers my faults to me.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 366; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
Do not seek to pursue believers' shameful acts, for verily whoever pursues believers' shameful acts, Allah will pursue his shameful acts, and whoever' s shameful acts Allah pursues, He will expose, even if it be in the confines of his own home.
Sawab al-A`amal, v. 2, p. 288, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Anticipating attentively for a fault [in someone] is a fault in itself.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4489; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The furthest of your subjects from you, and the worst of them in your view should be the one who is the most eager to pursue people' s shortcomings, because people do have faults and the ruler is the most appropriate person to conceal them, so do not ever seek to discover those faults which are hidden from you.
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not ever rejoice at someone else' s mistake, for verily you yourself will never be immune to committing mistakes.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10294; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 315 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who finds faults will be accused of them himself, and he who insults will be retorted to [with worse].
Kanz al-Fawa' id li al-Karajiki, v. 1, p. 279; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
The furthest a servant can be from Allah is when he associates in a brotherly manner with someone while at the same time making note of all his faults in order to one day shame him.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 355, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Tolerance is the grave of faults.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The intellect is the coverer of faults.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6434; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who covers himself with the cloak of modesty, people cannot see his flaws.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 223; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who covers himself with the cloak of knowledge, his faults remain hidden from people.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 215; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Your faults will remain concealed as long as your good fortune assists you.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 51; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 316 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who is incapable of getting to know something will find fault with it.
Kitab al-Irshad, v. 1, p. 301; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 317 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who is ignorant of something finds fault with it.
Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 3, p. 137; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 317 link
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