حکمت 114: هرگاه نیکوکاری بر روزگار و مردم آن غالب آید،… · Saying 114

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): إِذَا اسْتَوْلَي الصَّلَاحُ عَلَي الزَّمَانِ وَ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ أَسَاءَ رَجُلٌ الظَّنَّ بِرَجُلٍ لَمْ تَظْهَرْ مِنْهُ حَوْبَةٌ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ وَ إِذَا اسْتَوْلَي الْفَسَادُ عَلَي الزَّمَانِ وَ أَهْلِهِ فَأَحْسَنَ رَجُلٌ الظَّنَّ بِرَجُلٍ فَقَدْ غَرَّرَ.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: At a time when virtue is in vogue in the world and among people, if a person entertains an evil suspicion about another person from whom nothing evil has ever been seen, then he has been unjust. And at a time when vice is in vogue in the world and among people, if a man entertains a good idea a bout another person he has flung himself in peril