The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1903 (#Passage #262)

٢١٤. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): مَنْ لَانَ عُودُهُ كَثُفَتْ أَغْصَانُهُ.

214. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The tree whose trunk is soft has thick branches. [1]

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