مَبادِئُ الأدَبِ That Which Brings About Good Manners

20- تحف العقول: قالَ اللّه‏ُ تعالى لعيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أدِّبْ قلبَكَ بالخَشْيةِ.

20- It is narrated in Tuhaf al-Uqul: Allah, most High, told Jesus [Prophet Jesus (AS) is known in the Arabic tradition as ÝÏsÁ] (AS), ‘Refine your heart with piety’.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 500]

 

21- لَمّا قيلَ لِعيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أدّبَكَ؟ ـ: ما أدّبَني أحَدٌ، رأيتُ قُبْحَ الجهلِ فجانَبْتُهُ.

21- Jesus son of Mary (AS) was asked, ‘Who gave you good manners?’ He replied, ‘No one disciplined me; when I saw the ugliness of ignorance I avoided it.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 196]

 

22- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): جالِسِ العلماءَ يَزْدَدْ علمُكَ ويَحْسُنْ أدبُكَ وَتَزكُ نَفْسُكَ.

22- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Sit with scholars to increase your knowledge, to improve your manners and to purify your soul.’[Ibid. no. 4786]

 

23- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا زادَ عِلمُ الرّجُلِ زادَ أدبُهُ، وتضاعَفَتْ خَشيتُه لربِّهِ .

23- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When man’s knowledge increases his manners improve and his fear of his Lord increases.’[Ibid. no. 5932]