1436 - مَدحُ التَّغافُلِ
1436. THE PRAISE OF FEIGNING NEGLIGENCE (OR IGNORANCE)
4839. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ العاقِلَ نِصفُهُ احتِمالٌ ، ونِصفُهُ تَغافُلٌ1
4839. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily half of an intellectual man is tolerating, and the other half is ignoring.’2
4840. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن أشرَفِ أعمالِ (أحوالِ) الكَريمِ غَفلَتُهُ عمّا يَعلَمُ3
4840. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘One of the noblest deeds of a kind person is feigning ignorance of that which he knows already.’4
4841. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : صَلاحُ حالِ التَّعايُشِ والتَّعاشُرِ مِلْءُ مِكيالٍ : ثُلثاهُ فِطنَةٌ وثُلثُهُ تَغافُلٌ5
4841. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The proper way to maintain a state of coexistence and mutual intimacy with people is according to a set measure, two thirds of which are alertness and a third of which is to feign ignorance of each other’s faults.’6
1. غرر الحكم : 2378
2. Ibid. no. 2378
3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 222
4. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 222
5. تحف العقول : 359
6. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 359