The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1745 (#Passage #104)

٨٦. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): رَأْيُ الشَّيْخِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ جَلَدِ الْغُلاَمِ؛ وَروي: مِنْ مَشْهَدِ الْغُلاَمِ.

86. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: I love the opinion of an old man more than the determination of a young man; (or according to another version) more than the martyrdom of a young man.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).