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10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَعِدَنَّ عِدَةً لا تَثِقُ مِن نَفسِكَ بإنجازِها . |
| 10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not make a promise that you are not confident of fulfilling.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10297] |
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11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لاتَعِدَنَّ أخاكَ وَعداً لَيسَ في يَدِكَ وَفاؤُهُ . |
| 11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not make a promise to your brother that you are incapable of fulfilling.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 250, no. 94] |
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12ـ الإمامُ الكاظِمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ العاقِلَ ... لا يَعِدُ ما لا يَقدِرُ عَلَيهِ . |
| 12– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said to a man who said to him, ‘Promise me’ – ‘How can I promise you when that which I do not hope for is more probable for me than what I do hope for?!’[al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 165, no. 3610] |
