النَّوادِرُ Miscellaneous

13ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ربّما كانَ الدَّواءُ داءً والدّاءُ دواءً .

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is possible for a medicine to be an ailment and an ailment to be a medicine.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31]
 

14ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لم يَحتَمِلْ مَرارَةَ الدواءِ دامَ ألَمُهُ .

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The pain of one who cannot bear the bitterness of a remedy will continue.’
 

15ـ الإمامُ الحسينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَصِفَنَّ لِمَلِكٍ دواءً ، فإن نَفَعَهُ لَم يَحمَدْكَ ، وإن ضَرَّهُ اتَّهَمَكَ .

15– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Do not prescribe any remedy for a king, for if it benefits him, he will fail to show gratitude to you, and if it harms him he will accuse you.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 382, no. 47]