The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 31 (#Ḥadīth #31)

31ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى ضَعْفِ عَقْلِهِ.

31. Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim has narrated from Musa ibn Ibrahim from al-Muharibi from al-Hassan ibn Musa from Musa ibn ‘Abdallah from Maymun ibn Ali from Abu ‘Abdillah that Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Self glorification is an indication of the weakness of one’s intelligence.’

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