Hadith · The text, exactly as in the approved collection
Nahj al-Balāgha, Volume 1, Part 3: الحكم, Saying 437: المقارنة بين فضل العدل وفضل الجود
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The text, as its source published it
We show the text of every narration as its source published it, and we have changed nothing in it. Siraj has not assessed these narrations and shows nothing about their reliability.
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- Narration 552
٤٣٧. وَسُئِلَ (علیه السلام) أَیُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ: الْعَدْلُ أَوِ الْجُودُ؟ فَقَالَ (علیه السلام):
- Narration 553
الْعَدْلُ يَضَعُ الْأُمُورَ مَوَاضِعَهَا، والْجُودُ يُخْرِجُهَا عَنْ جِهَتِهَا، وَالْعَدْلُ سَائِسٌ عَامٌّ، وَالْجُودُ عَارضٌ خَاصٌّ، فَالْعَدْلُ أَشْرَفُهُمَا وَأَفْضَلُهُمَا.