Islam: The Good Doer - Imam Ali (as)


Let not the good doer and the evil doer be equal in your eyes, for this will make the good-doer abstain from his benevolence and will encourage the evil doer to continue his evil.

The charitable one needs the beggar.

Be open-handed but do not be wasteful.

The good doer person is one who is benevolent to all people.

The benevolent is supported, the manevolent is scorned.

The good doer is one whose words are affirmed by his actions.

The benevolent one is alive, even if he is transferred to the dwellings of the dead.

If you rush towards good whenever your see it, distance yourself from evil when you see it, act obediently [upon the commandments of Allah] and vie to acquire noble traits, then you are righteous and successful.

The worst of the benevolent ones is the one who puts others under obligation by his favour.

The doer of good deeds does not stumble, and when he does stumble, he finds a support [to hold on to].

Every good doer is affable.

The good doers are recognized by what the righteous people speak about them, and by their good deeds and virtuous conduct.

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