Hadith 45

And he-asws said: ‘The Momin is desirous regarding what is to remain, and is abstemious regarding what is to perish. He mixes the forbearance with the knowledge, and the knowledge with the action. His laziness is remote and his activity is constant, near are his hopes, his heart is alive, his tongue is a Zakir (does Zikr). He does not discuss with what the friends cannot be trusted upon, nor does he conceal testimony of the enemies. He does not do anything from the good to show-off, nor does he leave it out of embarrassment. The good is hoped from him and the evil is safe from him. If he were to be among the doers of Zikr, he would not be written as being among the heedless ones, and if he were to be among the heedless ones, he would be written as being from the doers of Zikr; and he pardons the one who offends him, and gives to the one who deprives him, and he connects with the one who cuts him off, and he does good to the one bad to him. His forbearance is not far, nor does he haste regarding what is suspicious to him; remote is his ignorance, nearby is his goodness, absent is his evil. His speech is truthful, his actions are good, his good comes forwards and his evil turns around (going away). In the disturbances he is dignified, and in the abhorrence, he is patient, and in the prosperity he is thankful. He is not unfair upon the one he hates nor does he sin regarding the one he loves, nor does he claim what isn’t for him, nor does he reject any right upon him. He acknowledges the truth before it is testified upon him, nor does he waste what he preserves, and he is not desirous regarding what the necessity calls him to. He does not entitle (others) with the (bad) titles, nor does he rebel against anyone, nor does he mock the people, nor is he harmful with the neighbours, nor does he gloat at the calamities. He is discipline with paying back the entrustment, quick to the acts of obedience, preserving upon the Salats, slow regarding the evil deeds. He does not enter upon the matters with ignorance, nor does he exit from the truth due to frustration. If he is silent, the silence does not sadden him, and if he speaks, he does not say the inappropriate, and if he laughs, his voice does not rise above his own ears, nor does the anger overwhelm him, nor do the personal desires overcome him, nor does the greed subdue him, nor do the lustful desires control him. He mingles with the people in order to learn, and he keeps silent in order to be safe, and he asks in order to understand. He listens to the good in order to work with it and does not speak with it in order to pride upon the ones other than him. His self is fatigued from him while the people are at rest from him. He exhausts himself for his Hereafter and he disobeys his personal desires to obeying his Lord-azwj. His distancing is from the one who is distant from integrity, and his nearness is from the ones who are near from the gentleness and mercy. His distancing isn’t from arrogance nor is his separation a deception. He is led by the ones who were before him, from the people of Eman. He is a leader for the ones (to come) after him, from the righteous ones and the pious’’. [44]