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Wisdom (257): Whoever has a good opinion of you, prove his opinion to be true.

Whoever has a good opinion of you, prove his opinion to be true.

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Collection
Nahj al-Balagha (The Peak of Eloquence)
Section
Wisdom
Number
257
Words of
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a)
Compiled by
al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH / 1015 CE)
Last updated
July 25, 2026

Cite as: Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 257. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a); compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. English translation, Nahjul Balagah (nehjulbalagah.com). https://nehjulbalagah.com/en/hikmat/hikmat-257/

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Sermons

  • Sermon (224): Your prayer words
  • Sermon (225): He said about one of his Companions who had left the world before the chaos and temptation
  • Sermon (226): He said about his allegiance
  • Sermon (227): He said about the one who is afraid of death and who practices asceticism
  • Sermon (228): When he left for Basra, he said
  • Sermon (229): Abdullah Ibn Zam'ah asked him for wealth and he said:

Wisdom

  • Wisdom (493): The worst brother is the one to suffer for. Sayyid Razi says that this is because it causes more pain, sorrow and hardship than what is possible, and the brother for whom hardship is done, will inevitably suffer from it. So he became the bad brother.
  • Wisdom (494): When a believer insults his brother, it will be a cause of separation from him.
  • Wisdom (490): When Ziyad Ibn Abiyya was appointed as the governor of Persia and its neighboring regions in the Qaim of Abd Allah Ibn Abbas, during a mutual conversation in which he wanted to prevent him from receiving advance payments, he said: Follow the path of justice. Abstain from wrongdoing and cruelty because the result of wrongdoing will be that they will have to leave their homes and wrongdoing will invite them to take up the sword.
  • Wisdom (491): The heaviest sin is that which the one who commits considers it to be light
  • Wisdom (492): Allah did not take a pledge from the ignorant to learn until He took a pledge from the knowledgeable not to hesitate to teach.
  • Wisdom (482): A time will come upon the people that will bring shame, in which the rich man will be stingy with his wealth, even though he is not commanded to do so. Therefore, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, "Do not forget to treat each other with kindness." In this age, wicked people will rise up and righteous people will be considered dishonorable, and people will be bought and sold from forced and helpless people. However, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade buying (wool) from forced and needy people.

Letters

  • Letter (64): Muawiya replied
  • Letter (65): Names of Muawiya
  • Letter (66): Names of Abdullah Ibn Abbas
  • Letter (67): In the name of Makkah Qasim Ibn Abbas
  • Letter (68): Before his caliphate, Salman Farsi had written under the name Rahmatullah
  • Letter (69): Names of Haris Hamdani
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