Reports will never be accepted as true until [they are] verified by the eyes
لَنْ يَصْدُقَ الْخَبَرُ حَتَّى يَتَحَقَّقَ الْعِيَانُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Seeing something [yourself] is not the same as being informed about it
لَيْسَ الْعِيَانُ كَالْخَبَرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not relate that which you have no knowledge about
لَا تُخْبِرْ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ عِلْماً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not relate to the people all that you hear, for this suffices as silliness (or foolishness)
لَا تُحَدِّثِ النَّاسَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَسْمَعُ فَكَفَى بِذَلِكَ خُرْقاً [حُمْقاً]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not say that which you do not know, thereby making others suspicious of your statements about what you do know
لَا تَقُلْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُ فَتُتَّهَمَ بِإِخْبَارِكَ بِمَا تَعْلَمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never transmit information except from a reliable person otherwise you will become a liar, and if you transmit from other than him then surely telling lies is [a cause of] disgrace and dishonour
لَا تُخْبِرَنَّ إِلَّا عَنْ ثِقَةٍ فَتَكُونَ كَذَّاباً وَإِنْ أَخْبَرْتَ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ مَهَانَةٌ وَذُلٌّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no good in that which is viewed except when accompanied with a good source of information [or good elocution]
لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْمَنْظَرِ إِلَّا مَعَ حُسْنِ الْمَخْبَرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech