Nahj al-Balagha Hadith n. 240
وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
الْحَجَرُ الْغَصِيبُ فِي الدَّارِ
One ill-gotten piece of stone in a house
رَهْنٌ عَلَى خَرَابِهَا.
is a guarantee for its ruin.
قال الرضى و يروى هذا الكلام عن النبى (ص) و لا عجب أن يشتبه الكلامان لأن مستقاهما من قليب و مفرغهما من ذنوب .
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: In
one tradition this saying is attributed to the Prophet. It is no wonder that
the two sayings should resemble each other because they are driven from the
same source and dispersed through the same means.
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