The Pearls of Wisdom

Amidst the chaos of the everyday life, certain phrases like Brotherhood, Dignity, and Forbearance have lost their meaning. One might think those phrases belonged to a previous age and to another period of time. The age when a father would ask his son, while he did not need to ask; and the son would reply, while he knew the father already knows the answer. It was all so that a time would come, when some exhausted souls like me, you, and us, would ponder upon their dialogue and breaks the barriers of ambiguity of these strange words.

Amir al-Mu'minin (A.S.) asked his son Hassan: "O my son, what is righteousness?" Hassan Ibn Ali (A.S.) replied: "O father, righteousness is to replace the bad things with good deeds."

* What is Dignity?
* To be good with relatives, and to remain tolerant of their cruel deeds.

* What is Bravery?
* To be chaste.

* What is Meanness?
* To think of cheap things in life and to refuse giving even smallest belongings in charity.

* What is Generosity?
* To give away (in charity) before requested.

* What is Cheapness?
* To seek one's own comfort and ignore one's spouse.

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