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[1] Some Pathways to Order, Wisdom, and Good Outcomes

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Methodology - 'Manhaj', Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Purification of The Soul, Scholars of Islam, The Salaf - Pious Predecessors, Worship - 'Ibaadah'.

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Amr Ibn al-Āṣ, may Allah be pleased with him, once wrote to Muʿāwiyah, may Allah be pleased with him, to express his disappointment due to Mu’awiyah being too slow (in proceeding with some matter). So, Muʿāwiyah wrote back to him:

“Amma Ba’du: Indeed, understanding a report (or some news) completely increases upright conduct, for indeed, the rightly guided one is he who is guided away from (unnecessary) haste. And the one who has failed is the one who fails to employ careful deliberation. The one who verifies is correct or about to be correct. And the one who is hasty is mistaken or about to be mistaken”.

Tarikh Dimashq 59/188