صحيح الادب المفرد
Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad
Part Four: Ahadith 751 to 999
باب أحبب حبيبك هونا ما
Chapter: Love Your Beloved Moderately
Hadith Number: 997
997/1321 (حسن لغيره موقوفا وقد صح مرفوعا) عن عبيد الكندي قال: سمعت عليا يقول لابن الكواء: هل تدري ما قال الاول؟"احبب حبيبك هونا ما، عسى ان يكون بغيضك يوما ما، وابغض بغيضك هونا ما، عسى ان يكون حبيبك يوما ما".
997/1321 (Hasan li-ghayrihi as mawquf and has been authentically reported as marfu‘) from ‘Ubayd al-Kindi who said: I heard ‘Ali say to Ibn al-Kawwa’: Do you know what the former said? "Love your beloved moderately, perhaps he will become your enemy one day; and hate your enemy moderately, perhaps he will become your beloved one day."
