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suyuti:4-1676bʿAli > Iyyākum And Muʿādāt al-Rijāl
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"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُعَادَاتَ (*) الرِّجَالِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَخْلُونَ مِنْ ضَرْبَنٍ (* *) مِنْ عَاقِلٍ يَمْكُرُ بِكُمْ أَوْ جَاهِلٍ تَعَجَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيكُمْ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْكَلَامَ ذَكَرٌ وَالْجَوَابَ أُنْثَى، وَحَيْثُ مَا اجْتَمَعَ الزَّوْجَانِ فَلَا بُدَّ مِنَ النَّتَاجِ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ :