8ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أمّا علامَةُ النّاصِحِ فأربَعةٌ: يَقضي بالحَقِّ، ويُعطي الحَقَّ مِن نَفسِهِ، ويَرضى للنّاسِ ما يَرضاهُ لنَفسِهِ، ولا يَعتدي على أحَدٍ.
8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘As for the signs of the adviser, there are four: he judges with truth, gives the right due from his own self, accepts for people what he accepts for himself, and he does not transgress against anybody.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 20]
9ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حَسبُ المَرءِ ... مِن نُصحِهِ نَهيُهُ عَمّا لا يَرضاهُ لنَفسِهِ.
9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is enough for a person … when advising, to prohibit what he would not accept for himself.’[Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 3, p. 137-138]
10ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ أنصَحَ النّاسِ لِنَفسِهِ أطوَعُهُم لِرَبِّهِ، وإنّ أغَشَّهُم لِنفسِهِ أعصاهُم لِرَبِّهِ.
10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who among people is the best adviser to his own self is the one who is most obedient to his Lord, and the most deceitful of people to his own self is the one who is most disobedient to his Lord.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 87]
11ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كَثرَةُ النُّصحِ يَدعو إلَى التُّهمَةِ .
11– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Excessive advice calls for suspicion.’[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 26]
12ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): النَّصيحَةُ مِن الحاسِدِ مُحالٌ.
12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘[Good] Advice from a jealous person is impossible.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 194, no. 9]
13ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما ناصَحَ اللّهَ عَبدٌ مُسلِمٌ في نَفسِهِ، فأعطَى الحَقَّ مِنها وأخَذَ الحَقَّ لَها، إلّا اُعطِيَ خَصلَتَينِ: رِزقاً مِن اللّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ يَقنَعُ بهِ ورِضىً عنِ اللّهِ يُنجيهِ .
13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘No sooner does a Muslim servant advise his own self for the sake of Allah, and give the rights due from himself, and take the rights due to him than he is given two features: sustenance from Allah which he will be satisfied with, and satisfaction with Allah that will save him.’[al-Khisal, p. 46, no. 47]
