الإخوانُ ثلاثةٌ: فواحِدٌ كالغِذاءِ الّذي يُحتاجُ إليهِ كُلَّ وقتٍ فَهُو العاقلُ، و الثّاني فيمعنَى الدّاءِ و هُو الأحْمَقُ، و الثّالثُ في معنَى الدّواءِ فَهُو اللّبِيبُ.
Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as):
Brothers are of three [kinds]: one, like food, is needed all the time and this is the wise [friend]. Another is similar to disease, and this is the fool. And the third is like medicine, and this is the tactful friend.
Source:
Tuḥaf al-‘Uqūl
No۳۲۳
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