Smart Tribe

It’s all about the leader …

A man from the Banu Abs tribe was asked: “Who is the smartest one amongst you?”
He replied: “We are 1,000 men, technically only one of us is smart, but because we all consult and obey him, all 1,000 of us are smart.”

قيل لرجل من بني عبس: ما أكثر صوابكم.
فقال: نحن ألف، وفينا واحد حازم ونحن نشاوره ونطيعه، فصرنا ألف حازم.
الآداب الشرعية٣٤٧/١

That’s why they say:

جيش من الخرفان يقودهم أسد
خيراً من جيشاً من الأسود يقودهم خروف
“An army of sheep led by a lion,
is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”

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