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1469 - ما يَمنَعُ مِنَ الفَخرِ

1469. THAT WHICH PREVENTS PRIDE

4966. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: ما لابنِ آدمَ والفَخرِ ؟ ! أوَّلُهُ نُطفَةٌ ، وآخِرُهُ جِيفَةٌ ، ولا يَرزُقُ نفسَهُ ، ولا يَدفَعُ حَتفَهُ1

4966. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'What is it with the son of Adam [human being] and pride?! His beginning is a sperm and his end is a carcass. He cannot sustain himself, nor can he repel death.'2

4967. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام: عَجَباً للمُتَكبِّرِ الفَخورِ الذي كانَ بالأمسِ نُطفَةً ثُمّ هُو غَداً جِيفَةٌ !3

4967. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'It is surprising to see an arrogant and proud person who yesterday was but a sperm and tomorrow will be but a carcass.'4

Notes

1. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 454

2. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 454

3. الكافي : 2 / 328 / 1

4. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 328, no. 1

1470 - سيرة النَّبيِّ إذا ذكر لِنَفسِهِ فَضِيلَةً

1470. THE PROPHET'S CONDUCT WHEN MENTIONING A VIRTUE ABOUT HIMSELF

4968. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: لقد كانَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله إذا ذَكَرَ لنفسِهِ فضيلةً قالَ : ولا فَخرَ1

4968. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When the Prophet (SAWA) would mention a merit of himself, he would say, 'And with no pride'.2

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 16 / 341 / 33

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 16, p. 341, no. 33

1471 - ما يَنبَغي الفَخرُ بِهِ‏

1471. THAT WHICH ONE SHOULD BE PROUD OF

4969. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الفَقرُ فَخرِي1

4969. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Poverty is my pride.'2

4970. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ثلاثٌ هُنَّ فَخرُ المؤمنِ وزَينُهُ في الدنيا والآخِرَةِ : الصلاةُ في آخِرِ اللّيلِ ، وَيأسُهُ مِمّا في أيدي الناسِ ، ووَلايَتُهُ الإمامَ مِن آلِ محمّدٍ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله3

4970. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are three things that are the pride of a believer and his ornament in this world and the Hereafter: prayer at the end of the night [night vigil], his despair of [possessing] that which others own, and his allegiance to the Imam from the progeny of Muhammad (SAWA).'4

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 72 / 30

2. Ibid. v. 72, p. 30, no. 26

3. الكافي : 8 / 234 / 311

4. al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 234, no. 311

316 - الفُرس‏

316. THE PERSIANS

1472 - الفُرسُ وَالإيمانُ‏

1472. THE PERSIANS AND FAITH

4971. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أعظَمُ الناسِ نَصيباً في الإسلامِ أهلُ فارِسَ1

4971. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The people who have the greatest portion of Islam are the people of Persia.'2

4972. سنن الترمذي : تلا رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله هذه الآية يوماً : (وإنْ تَتَوَلَّوا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لايَكُونوا أمْثالَكُمْ) قالوا : و مَن يستبدِل بِنا ؟ قال : فضربَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله على‏ مَنكبِ سلمانَ ثمّ قالَ : هذا وقومُهُ3

4972. The Prophet (SAWA), when he recited the verse“and if you turn away He will replace you with another people, and they will not be like you” , some people asked him (SAWA), 'Who are those who will replace us?' He replied, putting his hand on the shoulder of Salman, 'This man and his people.'4

4973. مجمع البيان : رُويَ أنّ النبيّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله سُئلَ عن هذهِ الآيةِ : (يا أيُّها الّذينَ آمَنوا مَنْ يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُم عَن دِينِهِ فسَوفَ يَأتِي اللَّهُ بقَومٍ يُحِبُّهُم ويُحِبُّونَهُ...) فَضَربَ بيَده على‏ عاتِقِ سلمانَ فقالَ - : هذا وذَوُوهُ لو كانَ الدِّينُ مُعَلّقاً بالثُّريّا لَتَناوَلَهُ رِجالٌ مِن أبناءِ فارِسَ5

4973. The Prophet (SAWA), when asked about the verse,“O you who have faith! Should any of you desert his religion, Allah will soon bring a people whom He loves and who love Him” , said, patting the shoulder of Salman, 'He and his people.' He then said, 'If religion was suspended from the stars, some men of Persia would take it.'6

4974. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لو كانَ العِلمُ بالثُّريّا لَتَناوَلَهُ رِجالٌ مِن فارِسَ7

4974. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If knowledge was suspended from the skies, the men of Persia would reach it.'8

4975. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو أنَّ الدّينَ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالثُّرَيّا لَتَناوَلَهُ رِجالٌ مِن أبناءِ فارِسَ‏9

4975. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If religion was suspended in the heavens some of the men of Persia would obtain it.'10

4976. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لمّا ذُكِرَتِ الأعاجِمُ عِندَهُ - : لَأنا بِهِم أو ببَعضِهِم أوثَقُ مِنّي بكُم أو بِبَعضِكُم11

4976. The Prophet (SAWA), when non-Arabs were mentioned in front of him, said, 'Verily I have more trust in them, or in some of them, than I have in you, or in some of you.'12

Notes

1. كنز العمّال : 34126

2. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 34126

3. سنن الترمذي : 5 / 60

4. Sunan al-Tirmidhi , v. 5 p. 60

5. مجمع البيان : 3 / 321

6. Majma al-Bayan, v. 3 p. 321

7. كنز العمّال : 34131

8. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 34131

9. فردوس : 3 / 360

10. al-Firdaws, v. 3, p. 360

11. كنز العمّال : 34128

12. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 34128

317 - الفُرصة

317. OPPORTUNITY

1473 - إغتنم الفُرصَةَ

1473. SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY

4977. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن فُتِحَ لَهُ بابٌ مِن الخَيرِ فَلْيَنتَهِزْهُ ؛ فإنّهُ لايَدرِي مَتى‏ يُغلَقُ عَنهُ1

4977. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If a door of benevolence is open for someone, they should utilize it, for they do not know when it will close.'2

4978. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَركُ الفُرَصِ غُصَصٌ3

4978. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Leaving opportunities brings regret.'4

4979. الإمام عليٌّ عليه السلام : الفُرصَةُ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحابِ ، فانتَهِزُوا فُرَصَ الخَيرِ5

4979. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Opportunity passes away quickly the way clouds pass.'6

4980. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الفُرصَةُ سَريعَةُ الفَوتِ ، وبَطِيئَةُ العَودِ7

4980. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Opportunity is quick to pass on, and slow to come back.'8

4981. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الفُرصَةُ غُنمٌ9

4981. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Opportunity is a treasure.'10

4982. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: إضاعَةُ الفُرصَةِ غُصَّةٌ11

4982. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Losing an opportunity is distressful.'12

4983. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الاُمورُ مَرهونَةٌ بأوقاتِها13

4983. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Matters are secured [depending] on their own time.'14

4984. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: مِن الخُرقِ المُعاجَلَةُ قبلَ الإمكانِ ، والأناةُ بعدَ الفُرصَةِ15

4984. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Hastening to something before its time arrives is clumsiness, as is delaying after an opportunity [arises].'16

4985. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَنِ انتَظَرَ بمُعاجَلَةِ الفُرصَةِ مُؤاجَلةَ الاستِقصاءِ سَلَبَتهُ الأيّامُ فُرصَتَهُ ؛ لأنّ مِن شَأنِ الأيّامِ السَّلبَ ، وسَبيلُ الزَّمَنِ الفَوتُ17

4985. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever tarries despite the fleeting opportunity, [lengthening] his investigation into the matter, the [passing] days will snatch away the opportunity, because it is the nature of days to snatch away [opportunities], just as it is the path[ nature] of time to pass away.'18

(اُنظر) العمر : باب 1369

(See also: LIFESPAN: section 1369)

Notes

1. كنز العمّال : 43134

2. Ibid. no. 43134

3. بحار الأنوار :77 / 165 / 2

4. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 165, no. 2

5. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 21

6. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 21

7. غرر الحكم : 2019

8. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2019

9. غرر الحكم : 194

10. Ibid. no. 194

11. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 118

12. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 118

13. بحار الأنوار : 77 / 165 / 2

14. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 165, no. 2

15. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 363

16. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 363

17. بحار الأنوار : 78 / 268 / 181

18. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 268, no. 181

318 - الفَرائض‏

318. OBLIGATIONS

1474 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ أداءِ الفَرائِضِ‏

1474. ENJOINMENT OF FULFILLING RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS

4986. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : اِعمَلْ بفَرائضِ اللَّهِ تَكُن أتقَى الناسِ1

4986. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Perform the obligations [laid down by] Allah and you will become the most pious of people.'2

4987. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الفَرائضَ الفَرائضَ ! أدُّوها إلَى اللَّهِ تُؤَدِّكُم إلَى الجَنَّةِ3

4987. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Obligations! Obligations! Fulfil them for Allah and it will lead you to Heaven.'4

4988. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِجعَلُوا ما افتَرَضَ اللَّهُ علَيكُم مِن طَلَبِكُم ، وَاسألوهُ مِن أداءِ حَقِّهِ ما سَألَكُم5

4988. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Make your quest that which Allah has made obligatory upon you, and ask Him to [enable you to] fulfil the right of what He has asked of you.'6

4989. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: خادِعْ نفسَكَ في العِبادَةِ ، وارفُقْ بها ولا تَقهَرْها ، وخُذْ عَفوَها ونَشاطَها ، إلّا ما كانَ مَكتوباً علَيكَ مِن الفَريضَةِ ؛ فإنّهُ لا بُدَّ مِن قَضائها وتَعاهُدِها عِندَ مَحَلِّها7

4989. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Lure your soul to worship, and be lenient towards it, and do not force it. Accept its excuse and take advantage of its vitality, except what has been prescribed for you as an obligation; for they must be performed, and carried out at their right time.'8

4990. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: لا عِبادَةَ كَأداءِ الفَرائضِ9

4990. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is no worship like the performance of obligatory acts.'10

4991. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّك إنِ اشتَغَلتَ بفَضائلِ النَّوافِلِ عَن أداءِ الفَرائضِ ، فلَن يقومَ فَضلٌ تَكسِبُهُ بِفَرضٍ تُضَيِّعُهُ11

4991. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If you were to preoccupy yourself with supererogatory acts instead of the obligatory, you will not gain a single merit by losing an obligation.'12

4992. الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ بِمَنِّهِ ورَحمَتِهِ لَمّا فَرَضَ عَليكُمُ الفَرائضَ لم يَفرِضْ علَيكُم لِحاجَةٍ مِنهُ إلَيهِ ، بَل رَحمَةً مِنهُ إلَيكُم (علَيكُم) لا إلهَ إلّا هُو ، لِيَميزَ الخَبيثَ مِن الطَّيِّبِ ، ولِيَبتَلِيَ ما في صُدورِكُم ، ولِيُمَحِّصَ ما في قُلوبِكُم13

4992. Imam Hasan (AS) said, 'When Allah with His Generosity and Benevolence made the obligations a duty upon you, He did not do so for a need He has for them. Rather, it is as a result of the Benevolence He has over you - there is no god but He - and in order to distinguish between the bad and the good, and to test what is in your chests, and to purify what is in your hearts.'14

4993. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : مَن عَمِلَ بما افتَرَضَ اللَّهُ علَيهِ فهُو مِن خَيرِ الناسِ15

4993. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Those who act according to what Allah has made obligatory are the best of people.16

4994. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام: قالَ اللَّهُ تبارَكَ‏وتعالى‏: ما تَحَبَّبَ إلَيَّ عبدِي بِأحَبَّ ممّا افتَرَضتُ علَيهِ17

4994. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah, Blessed and most High, said, 'There is nothing more beloved to Me, through which My servant may endear himself to Me than through the duties I ask him to fulfil.'18

Notes

1. الكافي : 2 / 82 / 4

2. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 4

3. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 167

4. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 167

5. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 113

6. Ibid. Sermon 113

7. نهج‏البلاغة : الكتاب‏69

8. Ibid. Letter 69

9. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 113

10. Ibid. Saying 113

11. غرر الحكم : 3793

12. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3793

13. بحار الأنوار : 23 / 99 / 3

14. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 23, p. 99, no. 3

15. الكافي : 2 / 81 / 1

16. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 81, no. 1

17. الكافي : 2 / 82 / 5

18. Ibid. v. 2, p. 82, no. 5

1475 - ما فَرَضَ اللَّهُ سُبحانَهُ عَلَى النّاسِ‏

1475. THAT WHICH ALLAH HAS MADE OBLIGATORY FOR PEOPLE

4995. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ فَرَضَ على‏ أئمّةِ العَدلِ (الحقِّ) أن يُقَدِّرُوا أنفُسَهُم بِضَعَفَةِ الناسِ ، كيلا يَتَبيَّغَ بالفَقيرِ فَقرُهُ1

4995. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah, most High, has made obligatory upon the leaders of justice [truth] to equate themselves with the weak ones from among of people, so that the poor cannot be intimidated as a result of his poverty.'2

4996. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ سبحانَهُ فَرَضَ في أموالِ الأغنياءِ أقواتَ الفُقَراءِ ، فما جاعَ فَقيرٌ إلّا بما مُتِّعَ بهِ غَنيٌّ3

4996. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah, Glory be to Him, made the provisions of the poor incumbent upon the wealth of the rich; so no poor person goes hungry except as a result of what the rich person enjoys.'4

4997. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الإيمانَ تَطهيراً مِن الشِّركِ ، والصلاةَ تَنزيهاً عنِ الكِبرِ ، والزكاةَ تَسبيباً للرِّزقِ5

4997. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah made faith incumbent in order to purify [people] from polytheism, and prayer to eliminate arrogance, and the alms-tax as a mediator for sustenance [of the needy] .'6

4998. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ على‏ جَوارِحِكَ كُلِّها فَرائضَ يَحتَجُّ بها علَيكَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ7

4998. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah has ordained a duty for all of your body parts, and they will be used as proofs and witnesses over you on the Day of Resurrection .'8

Notes

1. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 209

2. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 209

3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 328

4. Ibid. Saying 328

5. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 252

6. Ibid. Saying 252

7. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 382

8. Ibid. Saying 382

1476 - جامِعُ الفَرائِضِ‏

1476. THE SUM OF ALL OBLIGATIONS

4999. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أمّا ما فَرَضَهُ اللَّهُ سبحانَهُ في كتابِهِ فدَعائمُ الإسلامِ ، وهِي خَمسُ دَعائمَ وعلى‏ هذهِ الفَرائضِ الخَمسِ بُنِيَ الإسلامُ ، فَجَعَلَ سبحانَهُ لِكُلِّ فَريضَةٍ مِن هذهِ الفَرائضِ أربَعةَ حُدودٍ لايَسَعُ أحَداً جَهلُها ، أوَّلُها : الصلاةُ ، ثُمّ الزكاةُ ، ثُمّ الصيامُ ، ثُمّ الحَجُّ ، ثُمّ الوَلايَةُ ، وهِي خاتِمَتُها والجامِعَةُ لِجَميعِ الفَرائضِ والسُّنَنِ1

4999. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'As for what Allah has made obligatory in His Book, they are the pillars of Islam, and they are five pillars. It is on these five pillars that Islam was founded, and He Almighty allocated for each of these obligatory duties four boundaries in which everyone must know. The first of them is prayer, then alms-tax (zakat), then fasting, then Hajj pilgrimage, then guardianship (wilaya), in which the latter is the seal of them and it encompasses all obligatory and recommended acts.'2

Notes

1. بحارالأنوار : 68 / 388 / 39

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 68, p. 388, no. 39

319 - الفَراغ‏

319. IDLENESS

1477 - الفَراغُ‏

1477. IDLENESS

( فَإذا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ * وَإلى‏ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ)1

“So when you are done with, appoint, and turn eagerly to your Lord.” 2

5000. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أشَدُّ الناسِ حِساباً يَومَ القِيامَةِ المَكفِيُّ الفارِغُ، إن كانَ الشُغلُ مَجهَدَةً فالفَراغُ مَفسَدَةٌ3

5000. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The one to be the most harshly judged on the Day of Resurrection will be the capable yet idle [people]. If work is tiring, idleness is corruptive.'4

5001. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ اللَّهَ يُبغِضُ الصَّحيحَ الفارِغَ ، لا في شُغلِ الدنيا ولا في شُغلِ الآخِرَةِ5

5001. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah hates the healthy-bodied idle person, who is neither concerned with his worldly life, nor the Hereafter.'6

5002. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : خَلَّتانِ كثيرٌ مِن الناسِ فيهِما مَفتونٌ : الصِّحَّةُ والفَراغُ7

5002. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two things most people are tested with: health and idleness.'8

5003. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: مِن الفَراغِ تكونُ الصَّبوَةُ9

5003. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'From idleness comes desire.'10

5004. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِعلَمْ أنَّ الدنيا دارُ بَلِيَّةٍ لم يَفرُغْ صاحِبُها فيها قَطُّ ساعَةً إلّا كانَت فَرغَتُهُ علَيهِ حَسرَةً يَومَ القِيامَةِ11

5004. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Know that the world is a place of trial wherein there is no time a person can afford to be idle, for that time will be a source of regret for him on the Day of Resurrection.'12

5005. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أحَقَّ الإنسانَ أن تكونَ لَهُ ساعَةٌ لا يَشغَلُهُ عَنها شاغِلٌ !13

5005. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How deserving man is of having an hour where no one disturbs him!'14

5006. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنْ يَكُنِ الشُّغلُ مَجهَدَةً فاتِّصالُ الفَراغِ مَفسَدَةٌ15

5006. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If work is tiring, then continuous idleness is corruptive.'16

5007. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في دعائهِ - : وَاشغَلْ قُلوبَنا بِذِكرِكَ عن كُلِّ ذِكرٍ ، وألسِنَتَنا بشُكرِكَ عن كُلِّ شُكرٍ ، وجَوارِحَنا بطاعَتِكَ عن كُلِّ طاعَةٍ ، فإن قَدَّرتَ لنا فَراغاً مِن شُغلٍ فاجعَلْهُ فَراغَ سلامَةٍ ، لاتُدرِكُنا فيهِ تَبِعَةٌ ، ولاتَلحَقُنا فيهِ سَأمَةٌ ، حتّى‏ يَنصَرِفَ عنّا كُتّابُ السَّيّئاتِ بصَحيفَةٍ خالِيَةٍ مِن ذِكرِ سَيِّئاتِنا ، ويَتَوَلّى‏ كُتّابُ الحَسَناتِ عنّا مَسرورِينَ17

5007. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in his supplication, '...and divert our hearts from every other act of remembrance through Your remembrance, our tongues from every other act of thanksgiving through [being preoccupied with] thanking You, our limbs from every other act of obedience through [being preoccupied with] obedience to You! If You have ordained for us idleness in an occupation, make it an idleness of safety, wherein no ill consequence visits us nor weariness overtakes us as a result! Then the writers of evil deeds may depart from us with a page empty of the mention of our evil deeds, and the writers of good deeds may leave us happy with the good deeds of ours which they have written.'18

5008. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - مِن دعائهِ في مكارمِ الأخلاقِ - : اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ على‏ محمّدٍ وآلِهِ ، واكفِني ما يَشغَلُنِي الاهتِمامُ بهِ ، واستَعمِلْني بما تَسألُنِي غَداً عَنهُ ، واستَفرِغْ أيّامِي فيما خَلَقتَنِي لَهُ19

5008. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in his supplication, 'O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, and spare me the concerns which distract me [from any act of worship], employ me in that which You will ask me about tomorrow, and let me pass my days [engaged] in that for which You have created me!'20

5009. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - أيضاً - : وارزُقْنِي صِحَّةً في عِبادَةٍ ، وفَراغاً في زَهادَةٍ21

5009. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), in his supplication said, '...and grant me health for the sake of worshipping [You], and free time accompanied with piety.'22

5010. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - مِن دعائهِ في يومِ عَرَفَةَ - : وأذِقْني طَعمَ الفَراغِ لِما تُحِبُّ بِسَعَةٍ مِن سَعَتِكَ ، والاجتِهادِ فيما يُزلِفُ لَدَيكَ وعِندَك ، وأتحِفْني بتُحفَةٍ من تُحَفاتِكَ ، واجعَلْ تِجارَتِي رابِحَةً ، وكَرَّتي غيرَ خاسِرَةٍ ، وأخِفنِي مَقامَكَ ، وشَوِّقْني لِقاءَكَ23

5010. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in his supplication on the day of Arafa, 'Let me taste, through some of Your boundless plenty, the flavour of being free for what You love, and striving in what brings about proximity with You and to You, and give me a gift from among Your gifts! Make my commerce profitable and my return without loss, fill me with fear of Your station, and make me yearn for the meeting with You.'24

5011. الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ لَيُبغِضُ العَبدَ النَّوَّامَ ، إنّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ لَيُبغِضُ العَبدَ الفارِغَ25

5011. Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'Verily Allah, most High, hates the servant who sleeps much; verily Allah, most High, hates the idle servant.'26

Notes

1. الشَرح : 7 ، 8

2. Quran 94 :7,8

3. تنبيه الخواطر : 1 / 60

4. Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 60

5. شرح نهج البلاغة : 17 / 146

6. Sharh Nahj al-Balagha li B. Abi al-Hadid, v. 17, p. 146

7. الكافي : 8 / 152 / 136

8. al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 152, no. 136

9. غرر الحكم : 9251

10. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9251

11. نهج‏البلاغة : الكتاب‏59

12. Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 59

13. غرر الحكم : 9684

14. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9684

15. بحار الأنوار : 77 / 419 / 40

16. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 419, no. 40

17. الصحيفة السجّاديّة : الدعاء 11

18. al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, Supplication 11

19. الصحيفة السجّاديّة : الدعاء 20

20. Ibid. supplication 20

21. الصحيفة السجّاديّة : الدعاء 20

22. Ibid. supplication 20

23. الصحيفة السجّاديّة : الدعاء 47

24. Ibid. supplication 47

25. كتاب من لا يحضره الفقيه : 3 / 169 / 3635

26. al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 169, no. 3635

320 - الفَساد

320. CORRUPTION

1478 - مايُفسِدُ العامَّةَ

1478. THAT WHICH CORRUPTS PEOPLE IN GENERAL

1 - المَعصِيةُ

1. Sin

( ظَهَرَ الْفَسادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِما كَسَبَتْ أيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ)1

“Corruption has appeared in land and sea because of the doings of the people's hands, that He may make them taste something of what they have done, so that they may come back.” 2

5012. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ المَعصيَةَ إذا عَمِلَ بها العَبدُ سِرّاً لم تَضُرَّ إلّا عامِلَها ، وإذا عَمِلَ بها عَلانِيَةً ولم يُغَيَّرْ علَيهِ أضَرَّت بالعامَّةِ3

5012. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If a servant [of Allah] was to secretly sin, he would only harm himself, and if he was to commit it openly and he is not stopped, people would be harmed by it.'4

(اُنظر) الذنب : باب 777

(See also: SINNING: section 777)

2 - الاختِلافُ‏

2. Dissention

5013. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وأيمُ اللَّهِ ، ما اختَلَفَت اُمَّةٌ بَعدَ نَبِيِّها إلّا ظَهَرَ باطِلُها على‏حَقِّها إلّا ماشاءَاللَّهُ5

5013. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'By Allah, no sooner does a community dissent after their prophet than falsehood prevails over the truth, save that which Allah wills...'6

(اُنظر) الإختلاف : باب 628

(See also: DIFFERENCES: section 628)

3 - مَنعُ الحقِ‏

3. Preventing the truth

5014. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لن تُقَدَّسَ اُمّةٌ لايُؤخَذُ للضَّعيفِ فيها حَقُّهُ مِن القَوِيِّ غيرَ مُتَعتَعٍ7

5014. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A community who does not let the weak uphold his rights from the strong without obstacle will never be sanctified.'8

Notes

1. الروم : 41

2. Quran 30 :41

3. بحار الأنوار : 100 / 74 / 15

4. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 100, p. 74, no. 15

5. الأمالي للمفيد : 235 / 5

6. Amali al-Mufid, p. 235, no. 5

7. بحار الأنوار : 77 / 258 / 1

8. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 258, no. 1

1479 - مَعرِفَةُ الفَسادِ والمُفسِدِ

1479. WHAT IS CORRUPTION AND WHO IS THE CORRUPTOR?

( إنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأرْضِ فَسادَاً أنْ يُقَتَّلُوا)1

“Indeed the requital of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle, and try to cause corruption on the earth, is that they shall be slain...” 2

( قالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أفْسَدُوها وَجَعَلُوا أعِزَّةَ أهْلِها أذِلَّةً وَكَذلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ)3

“She said, 'Indeed when kings enter a town, they devastate it, and reduce the mightiest of its people to the most abased. That is how they act.” 4

( وَإذا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأرْضِ قالُوا إنَّما نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ)5

“When they are told, 'Do not cause corruption on the earth', they said, 'We are only reformers!” 6

( وَلا تُطِيعُوا أمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ * الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأرْضِ وَلا يُصْلِحُونَ)7

“And do not obey the dictates of the profligate, who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.” 8

5015. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : صِنفانِ مِن اُمَّتي إذا صَلُحا صَلُحَت اُمَّتي ، وإذا فَسَدا فَسَدَت اُمَّتي ، قيلَ : يارسولَ اللَّهِ ، ومَن هُما ؟ قالَ : الفُقَهاءُ والاُمَراءُ9

5015. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two kinds of people from my community who if they are sound my community will be sound, and if they are corrupt my comm.unity will become corrupt.' The Prophet was asked, 'And who are they O messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'The jurists and the rulers.'10

5016. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ مِن الفَسادِ إضاعَةُ الزادِ11

5016. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily, from corruption comes the loss of provisions.'12

5017. الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام: مِن الفَسادِ قَطعُ الدِّرهَمِ والدِّينارِ وطَرحُ النَّوى‏13

5017. Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'of the things that are corruptive are blocking dirhams and dinars [i.e. blocking their circulation in society through hoarding] and disposing of seeds.'14

Notes

1. المائدة : 33

2. Quran 5 :33

3. النمل : 34

4. Quran 27 :34

5. البقرة : 11

6. Quran 2 :11

7. الشعراء : 151 ، 152

8. Quran 26 :151,152

9. الخصال : 37 / 12

10. al-Khisal, p. 37, no. 12

11. الكافي : 8 / 23 / 4

12. al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 23, no. 4

13. كتاب من لا يحضره الفقيه : 3 / 167 / 3625

14. al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 167, no. 3625