Too Much Scolding

Abu As-Sa’ib reported that ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib {Allah be pleased with him} said:

“Do not scold people too often, for verily, too much scolding leads to rancor and hatred, and it is bad manners.”

عَنْ أَبِي السَّائِبِ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لا تُكْثِرِ الْعِتَابَ فَإِنَّ الْعِتَابَ يُورِثُ الضَّغِينَةَ وَالْبَغْضَةَ وَكَثْرَتُهُ مِنْ سُوءِ الأَدَبِ

{Imam Ibn Hibban’s Rawdah Al-Aqala’}