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1744 - التَّحَدُّثُ بِنِعمَةِ اللَّهِ‏

1744. PROCLAIMING ABOUT THE BOUNTIES OF ALLAH

( وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ)1

“And as for your Lord's blessing, proclaim it!” 2

6182. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ أن يَرى‏ أثَرَ نِعمَتِهِ على‏ عَبدِهِ3

6182. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah loves to see the signs of His bounties on His servant.'4

6183. أبو الأحوَصِ عن أبيهِ : دخلتُ على رسولِ اللَّه صلى اللَّه عليه وآله فرآني سيّئ الهيئة ، فقال النبيّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله هل لك من شي‏ء ؟ قال : نعم من كلّ المال قد أتاني اللَّه فقال : إذا كان لك مالٌ فليُرى‏ عليك5

6183. Abu al-Ahwas, narrating from his father said, 'I visited the Prophet (SAWA) and he saw me with a bad appearance, so the Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do you own anything?' I said, 'Yes, all the wealth that Allah has given me.' He (SAWA) said, 'If you have wealth then it should be seen on you.'6

6184. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: إنّ اللَّهَ جَميلٌ يُحِبُّ الجَمالَ، ويُحِبُّ أن يَرى‏ أثَرَ النِّعمَةِ على‏ عَبدِهِ7

6184. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, and He loves to see the sign of His bounties on His servant.'8

6185. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا أنعَمَ اللَّهُ على‏ عَبدِهِ بنِعمَةٍ فظَهَرَت علَيهِ سُمِّيَ حَبيبَ اللَّهِ مُحَدِّثاً بنِعمَةِ اللَّهِ ، وإذا أنعَمَ اللَّهُ على‏ عَبدٍ بِنِعمَةٍ فلَم تَظهَرْ علَيهِ سُمِّيَ بَغيضَ اللَّهِ مُكَذِّباً بنِعمَةِ اللَّهِ9

6185. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When Allah blesses His servant with bounties and it is manifest about him, he is called the beloved of Allah and a proclaimer of Allah's bounties, and when Allah blesses a servant with bounties and he does not show it, he is called the despiser of Allah and a denier of Allah's bounties.'10

6186. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّي لَأكرَهُ لِلرّجُلِ أن يَكونَ علَيهِ نِعمَةٌ مِن اللَّهِ فلا يُظهِرُها11

6186. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Indeed I hate for a man to have been bestowed bounties by Allah and to not show it.'12

Notes

1. الضحى‏ : 11

2. Quran 93 :11

3. سنن الترمذي : 5 / 124 / 2819

4. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2819

5. سنن نسائي : 8 / 196

6. Sunan al-Nasa?i, v. 8, p. 196

7. الكافي : 6 / 438 / 1

8. al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 438, no. 1

9. الكافي : 6 / 438 / 2

10. Ibid. v. 6, p. 438, no. 2

11. الكافي : 6 / 439 / 9

12. Ibid. v. 6, p. 439, no. 9

1745 - تَمامُ النِّعمَةِ

1745. THE COMPLETION OF BOUNTIES

6187. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أمسى‏ وأصبحَ وعِندَهُ ثَلاثٌ فقد تَمَّت علَيهِ النِّعمَةُ في الدُّنيا : مَن أصبَحَ وأمسى‏ مُعافىً في بَدَنِهِ ، آمِناً في سَرْبِهِ ، عِندَهُ قُوتُ يَومِهِ ، فإن كانَت عِندَهُ الرّابِعَةُ فَقد تَمَّت علَيهِ النِّعمَةُ في الدُّنيا والآخِرَةِ ؛ وهُو الإيمانُ1

6187. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever sleeps and wakes up possessing three things, then bounties for him in this world are complete: he who sleeps and wakes up with a healthy body, safe in his den, with enough sustenance for the day. And if he has a fourth thing then the bounties of this world and the Hereafter are complete in him, and that is faith.'2

6188. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : بالتَّواضُعِ تَتِمُّ النِّعمَةُ3

6188. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Bounties are completed through humbleness.'4

6189. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : استَتِمُّوا نِعمَ اللَّهِ علَيكُم بالصَّبرِ على‏ طاعَتِهِ ، والمُجانَبَةِ لِمَعصيَتِهِ5

6189. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Complete the bounties of Allah over you by having patience in obeying Him, and refraining from disobeying Him.'6

6190. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : النَّعيمُ في الدُّنيا الأمنُ وصِحَّةُ الجِسمِ ، وتَمامُ النِّعمَةِ في الآخِرَةِ دُخولُ الجَنَّةِ ، وما تَمَّتِ النِّعمَةُ على‏ عَبدٍ قَطُّ لَم يَدخُلِ الجَنَّةَ7

6190. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Bounties in this world are safety and a healthy body, and the completion of bounties in the Hereafter is entrance into Heaven. And the bounties [of Allah] are not complete until the servant enters Heaven.'8

Notes

1. تحف العقول : 36

2. Tuhaf al-Uqul, p. 36

3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 224

4. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 224

5. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 188

6. Ibid. Sermon 188

7. معاني الأخبار : 408 / 87

8. Maani al-Akhbar, p. 408, no. 87

380 - النّفس‏

380. THE SOUL

1746 - النَّفسُ الأمّارَةُ

1746. THE CARNAL SOUL THAT PROMPTS TO EVIL

( وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي إِنَّ رَبِّي غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ)1

“Yet I do not absolve my [own carnal] soul, for the [carnal] soul indeed prompts [men] to evil, except inasmuch as my Lord has mercy. Indeed my Lord is all-forgiving, all-merciful.” 2

6191. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : النَّفسُ الأمّارةُ المُسَوِّلَةُ تَتَملَّقُ تَمَلُّقَ المُنافِقِ ، وتَتَصَنَّعُ بشِيمَةِ الصَّديقِ المُوافِق ، حتّى‏ إذا خَدَعَت وتَمَكَّنَت تسَلَّطَت تَسَلُّطَ العَدُوِّ ، وتَحَكَّمَت تَحَكُّمَ العُتُوِّ ، فأورَدَت مَوارِدَ السُّوءِ3

6191. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The carnal, seducting soul flatters as a hypocrite flatters, and simulates the characteristics of an agreeing friend, and as soon as it tricks and overcomes him [man], itoverpowers him as an enemy overpowers and controls him like a controlling tyrant, and hence it [the soul] drives a man towards his ruin.'4

6192. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في المُناجاةِ - : إلهي ، إليكَ أشكو نَفساً بالسُّوءِ أمّارَةً ، وإلَى الخَطيئةِ مُبادِرَةً ، وبمَعاصيكَ مُولَعَةً ، كثيرَةَ العِلَلِ ، طَويلَةَ الأمَلِ ، إن مَسَّها الشَّرُّ تَجزَعْ ، وإن مَسَّها الخَيرُ تَمنَعْ ، مَيّالَةً إلَى اللَّعبِ واللَّهوِ ، مَملُوّةً بالغَفلَةِ والسَّهوِ ، تُسرِعُ بي إلَى الحَوبَةِ ، وتُسَوِّفُني بالتَّوبَةِ5

6192. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), in an intimate supplication said, 'O Allah, to You I complain of a soul that prompts to evil, that hastens towards wrongdoing and is fond of disobeying You... it has many faults, yet [entertains] high expectations; when evil strikes it, it worries, and when good comes its way, it withholds it. It inclines to amusement and frivolity, full of inattentiveness and forgetfulness; it hastens me to sin, and stalls me from repentance.'6

Notes

1. يوسف : 53

2. Quran 12 :53

3. غرر الحكم : 2106

4. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2106

5. بحار الأنوار : 94 / 143

6. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 94, p. 143

1747 - النَّفسُ اللَّوّامَةُ

1747. THE SELF-REPROACHING SOUL

( وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ)1

“And I swear by the self-blaming soul!” 2

6193. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله في وصيَّتهِ لابنِ مَسعودٍ - : يابنَ مَسعودٍ ، أكثِرْ مِن الصّالِحاتِ والبِرِّ ؛ فإنّ المُحسِنَ والمُسِي‏ءَ يَندَمانِ ، يَقولُ المُحسِنُ : يا لَيتَني ازدَدتُ مِن الحَسَناتِ ! ويقولُ المُسِي‏ءُ : قَصَّرتُ ، وتَصديقُ ذلكَ قَولُهُ تعالى‏ : (ولا اُقْسِمُ بالنَّفْسِ اللَّوّامَةِ)3

6193. The Prophet (SAWA), in his advice to Ibn Masud said, 'O Ibn Masud, increase in the acts of righteousness and good, for both the good [people] and the bad will regret; the good-doer will say, 'If only I had done more good!' And the bad-doer will say, 'I was negligent', and the evidence for this is the verse:“And I swear by the self-blaming soul!” 4

Notes

1. القيامة : 2

2. Quran 75 :2

3. مكارم الأخلاق : 2 / 353 / 2660

4. Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 353, no. 2660

1748 - تَعليمُ النَّفسِ وتَأديبُها وتَهذيبُها

1748. TEACHING THE SOUL, DISCIPLINING IT AND PURIFYING IT

( وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا * فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا * قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا * وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا)1

“by the soul and Him who fashioned it, and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices: one who purifies it is certainly felicitous, and one who betrays it certainly fails.” 2

6194. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أيُّها النّاسُ ، تَولّوا مِن أنفسِكُم تأديبَها ، واعدِلوا بِها عَن ضَراوَةِ عاداتِها3

6194. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O people, take charge of the disciplining of your selves, and redress them from the wildness of their habits.'4

6195. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: اِملِكوا أنفُسَكُم بدَوامِ جِهادِها5

6195. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Rule your souls by continuously struggling with them.'6

6196. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ تَقوَى اللَّهِ دَواءُ داءِ قُلوبِكُم... وطَهورُ دَنَسِ أنفُسِكُم7

6196. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Godwariness is the cure for the sickness of your hearts....and the purification of the pollution of your souls.'8

6197. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أقبِلْ على‏ نَفسِكَ بالإدبارِ عَنها9

6197. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Come closer to your soul by retracting from it [i.e. its carnal desires].'10

6198. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن ذَمَّ نفسَهُ أصلَحَها ، مَن مَدَحَ نَفسَهُ ذَبَحَها11

6198. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who censures his soul improves it, and he who praises his soul slaughters it.'12

6199. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن لَم يُهَذِّبْ نفسَهُ فضَحَهُ سُوءُ العادَةِ13

6199. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who does not refine his soul will be disgraced by bad habits.'14

6200. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن لَم يَتَعاهَدِ النَّقصَ مِن نفسِهِ غَلَبَ علَيهِ الهَوى‏ ، ومَن كانَ في نَقصٍ فالمَوتُ خَيرٌ لَهُ15

6200. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who does not engage himself in remedying the defects in his soul, its whims will overcome him, and he who [lives] in deficiency, then death is surely better for him.'16

(اُنظر) الذكر : باب 758 ؛ الورع : باب 1823

(See also: REMEMBRANCE: section 758; PIETY: section 1823)

Notes

1. الشمس : 7 - 10

2. Quran 91 :7-10

3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 359

4. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 359

5. غرر الحكم : 2489

6. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2489

7. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 198

8. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 198

9. غرر الحكم : 2434

10. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2434

11. غرر الحكم : 9103 و 9104

12. Ibid. no. 9103-91 04

13. غرر الحكم : 9170

14. Ibid. no. 9170

15. الأمالي للصدوق : 478 / 644

16. Amali al-Saduq, p. 322, no. 4

1749 - آثارُ كَرامَةِ النَّفسِ‏

1749. THE EFFECTS OF A NOBLE SOUL

6201. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كَرُمَت علَيهِ نَفسُهُ لَم يُهِنْها بالمَعصيَةِ1

6201. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who honours his soul will not humiliate it with sins.'2

6202. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كَرُمَت علَيهِ نَفسُهُ هانَت علَيهِ شَهوَتُهُ3

6202. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who honours his soul, his desires become insignificant for him.'4

6203. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كَرُمَت نَفسُهُ صَغُرَتِ الدُّنيا في عَينِهِ5

6203. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who honours his soul, the world becomes small in his eyes.'6

Notes

1. غرر الحكم : 8730

2. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8730

3. غرر الحكم : 8771

4. Ibid. no. 8771

5. غرر الحكم : 9130

6. Ibid. no. 9130

381 - النفاق‏

381. HYPOCRISY

1750 - النِّفاقُ‏

1750. HYPOCRISY

( فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقاً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَى‏ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُ بِمَا أَخْلَفُوا اللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ)1

“So He caused hypocrisy to ensue in their hearts until the day they will encounter Him, because of their going back on what they had promised Allah and because of the lies they used to tell.” 2

6204. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ النِّفاقَ يَبدو لُمظَةً سَوداءَ ، فكُلّما ازدادَ النِّفاقُ عِظَماً ازدادَ ذلكَ السَّوادُ ، فإذا استَكمَلَ النِّفاقُ اسوَدَّ القَلبُ3

6204. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Hypocrisy appears as a black dot [on the heart]. Whenever hypocrisy increases in magnitude that black dot increases, and when hypocrisy becomes complete the heart becomes black.'4

6205. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : النِّفاقُ أخو الشِّركِ5

6205. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Hypocrisy is the brother of polytheism.'6

6206. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أقبَحَ بالإنسانِ‏ظاهِراً مُوافِقاً، وباطِناً مُنافِقاً !7

6206. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How hideous is the human being whose outer is agreeable while his inner is hypocritical.'8

6207. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : نِفاقُ المَرءِ مِن ذُلٍّ يَجِدُهُ في نفسِهِ9

6207. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The hypocrisy of a person [stems] from the inferiority he finds within himself.'10

Notes

1. التوبة : 77

2. Quran 4 :142-143

3. كنز العمّال : 1734

4. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 1734

5. غرر الحكم : 483

6. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 483

7. غرر الحكم : 9559

8. Ibid. no. 9559

9. غرر الحكم : 9988

10. Ibid. no. 9988

1751 - صِفَةُ المُنافِقِ‏

1751. THE DESCRIPTION OF A HYPOCRITE

( إِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَى‏ يُرَاؤُونَ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً * مُذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ لَا إِلَى‏ هؤُلاءِ وَلَا إِلَى‏ هؤُلَاءِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ سَبِيلاً)1

“The hypocrites indeed seek to deceive Allah, but it is He who outwits them. When they stand up for prayer, they stand up lazily, showing off to the people and not remembering Allah except a little, wavering in between: neither with these nor with those. And whoever Allah leads astray, you will never find any way for him.” 2

(اُنظر) البقرة : 8 ، 20 وآل عمران : 167 ، 168 والنساء : 61 ، 138 ، 145 والعنكبوت : 10 ، 11 ومحمد : 30 والمجادلة : 14 - 16

(See also: Qur'an 2:8, 2:20, 3:167-168, 4:61, 4:138, 4:145, 29:10-11, 47:30, 58:14-16)

6208. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُنافِقُ مَن إذا وَعَدَ أخلَفَ ، وإذا فَعَلَ أفشى‏3 ، وإذا قالَ كَذَبَ ، وإذا ائتُمِنَ خانَ ، وإذا رُزِقَ طاشَ ، وإذا مُنِعَ عاشَ4

6208. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A hypocrite is someone who when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, when he does something [good], he shows off, when he speaks he lies, when he is entrusted with something he betrays, when he is given sustenance he is heedless, and when he is deprived he resorts to tricks.'5

6209. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُنافِقُ يَملِكُ عَينَيهِ يَبكي كما يَشاءُ6

6209. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A hypocrite has control over his eyes, he cries whenever he wants to.'7

6210. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لِلمُنافِقينَ عَلاماتٌ يُعرَفونَ بِها : تَحِيَّتُهُم لَعنَةٌ ، وطَعامُهُم نُهمَةٌ ، وغَنيمَتُهُم غُلولٌ ، لا يَقرَبونَ المَساجِدَ إلّا هُجراً ، ولا يَأتونَ الصَّلاةَ إلّا دُبُراً ، مُستَكبِرينَ لا يَألَفونَ ولا يُؤلَفونَ ، خُشُبٌ باللَّيلِ سُخُبٌ بالنَّهارِ8

6210. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Hypocrites have signs through which they are known: their greeting is cursing, their food is greed [gluttony], their earnings are through breaches of trust, they do not come close to the mosques save with contempt, they fulfil their prayers at the very last moment, [they are] haughty people who do not socialize and are not sociable, they are as wood in the night, loud in the day.'9

6211. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن خالَفَت سَريرَتُهُ عَلانِيَتَهُ فهُو مُنافِقٌ كائناً مَن كانَ10

6211. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He whose inner is contrary to his outer is a hypocrite, no matter who he may be.'11

6212. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما زادَ خُشوعُ الجَسَدِ على‏ ما في القَلبِ فهُو عِندَنا نِفاقٌ12

6212. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When humbleness of the body supercedes that which is in the heart then in our view it is hypocrisy.'13

6213. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المُنافِقُ إذا نَظَرَ لَها ، وإذا سَكَتَ سَها ، وإذا تَكَلَّمَ لَغا ، وإذا استَغنى‏ طَغا ، وإذا أصابَتهُ شِدَّةٌ ضَغا ، فهُو قَريبُ السُّخطِ بَعيدُ الرِّضا ، يُسخِطُهُ علَى اللَّهِ اليَسيرُ ، ولا يُرضيهِ الكثيرُ ، يَنوي كثيراً مِن الشَّرِّ ويَعمَلُ بطائفَةٍ مِنهُ ، ويَتَلَهَّفُ على‏ ما فاتَهُ مِن الشَّرِّ كيفَ لَم يَعمَلْ بهِ !14

6213. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A hypocrite, when he looks he is frivolous, when he is silent he forgets, when he speaks he prattles, when he becomes wealthy he tyrannizes, when hardship afflicts him he becomes noisy, so he is close to discontentment and far from contentment. The least of things make him discontented with Allah, and he is never content, even with much. He intends to do a lot of evil and commits some of them, and he regrets the evil deeds that pass him by and how he did not manage to commit them.'15

6214. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لو ضَرَبتُ خَيشومَ المُؤمِنِ بسَيفي هذا على‏ أن يُبغِضَني ما أبغَضَني ، ولو صَبَبتُ الدُّنيا بِجَمّاتِها علَى المُنافِقِ على‏ أن يُحِبَّني ما أحَبَّني ، وذلكَ أنّهُ قُضِيَ فانقَضى‏ على‏ لِسانِ النَّبيِّ الاُمِّيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله، أنّهُ قالَ : يا عليُّ، لا يُبغِضُكَ مُؤمِنٌ ، ولا يُحِبُّكَ مُنافِقٌ16

6214. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If I was to strike the nose of a believer with my sword to hate me he would never hate me, and if I was to pour down the whole world onto a hypocrite to love me he would never love me, and this is because of what has been destined, as this was passed on through the tongue of the unschooled Prophet (SAWA), saying, 'Ali, a believer can never hate you and a hypocrite can never love you.'17

6215. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : المُنافِقُ يَنهى‏ ولا يَنتَهي ، ويأمُرُ بما لا يأتي ، إذا قامَ في الصَّلاةِ اعتَرَضَ ، وإذا رَكَعَ رَبَضَ ، وإذا سَجَدَ نَقَرَ ، وإذا جَلَسَ شَغَرَ ، يُمسي وهَمُّهُ الطَّعامُ وهُو مُفطِرٌ ، ويُصبِحُ وهَمُّهُ النَّومُ ولَم يَسهَرْ ، إن حَدَّثَكَ كَذبَكَ ، وإن وَعَدَكَ أخلَفَكَ ، وإنِ ائتَمَنتَهُ خانَكَ ، وإن خالَفتَهُ اغتابَكَ18

6215. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'A hypocrite prohibits [wrongdoing] but does not refrain from it himself, and he enjoins that which he does not do himself. When he prays he complains, when he bows (ruku) he slumps, when he prostrates (sujud) he pecks [prostrating so fast], when he sits he spreads himself out, when he is going to bed his only concern is food even though he is full, and when he wakes up in the morning, his only concern is sleep even though he did not stay up during the night. When he speaks to you he lies, when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, if you entrust him with anything he betrays it, and if you disagree with him he backbites you.'19

6216. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أربَعٌ مِن عَلاماتِ النِّفاقِ : قَساوَةُ القَلبِ ، وجُمودُ العَينِ ، والإصرارُ علَى الذَّنبِ ، والحِرصُ علَى الدُّنيا20

6216. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are four signs to a hypocrite: hardheartedness, dryness of the eyes, persistence in sinning, and greed for the world.'21

Notes

1. النساء : 142 و 143

2. Quran 9 :77

3. في المصدر : أساء (كما في هامش بحار الأنوار )

4. بحار الأنوار : 72 / 207 / 8

5. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 207, no. 8

6. كنز العمّال : 854

7. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 854

8. كنز العمّال : 862

9. Ibid. no. 862

10. بحار الأنوار : 72 / 207 / 8

11. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 207, no. 8

12. الكافي : 2 / 396 / 6

13. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 396, no. 6

14. تحف العقول : 212

15. Tuhaf al-Uqul, p. 212

16. نهج البلاغة: الحكمة45

17. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 45

18. الأمالي للصدوق : 582 / 802

19. Amali al-Saduq, p. 399, no. 12

20. الاختصاص : 228

21. al-Ikhtisas, p. 228

1752 - أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً

1752. THE MOST OBVIOUS HYPOCRITES

6217. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها، ونَهى‏ عنِ المَعصيَةِ ولَم يَنتَهِ عنها1

6217. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most obvious of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.'2

6218. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أشَدُّ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها ، ونَهى‏ عَنِ المَعصيَةِ ولم يَنتَهِ عنها3

6218. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most severe of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience, but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.'4

Notes

1. غرر الحكم : 3214

2. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3214

3. غرر الحكم : 3309

4. Ibid. no. 3309

1753 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ المُنافِقِ المِنطيقِ‏

1753. CAUTION AGAINST THE ELOQUENT HYPOCRITE

6219. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ولَقد قالَ لي رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّي لا أخافُ على‏ اُمَّتي مُؤمِناً ولا مُشرِكاً ، أمّا المُؤمنُ فيَمنَعُهُ اللَّهُ بإيمانِهِ ، وأمّا المُشرِكُ فيَقمَعُهُ اللَّهُ بشِركِهِ، ولكنّي أخافُ علَيكُم كُلَّ مُنافِقِ الجَنانِ ، عالِمِ اللِّسانِ ، يقولُ ما تَعرِفونَ ، ويَفعَلُ ما تُنكِرونَ1

6219. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily, the Prophet (SAWA) said to me, 'With respect to my people, I am afraid neither of a believer nor of an unbeliever. As for the believer, Allah will afford him protection because of his belief and as for the disbeliever, Allah will humiliate him because of his disbelief. But I am afraid about every one from among you who is a hypocrite in his heart and eloquent of speech. He speaks what you hold to be good but does what you dislike.'2

Notes

1. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 68

2. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 68

1754 - صِفَةُ حَشرِ المُنافِقينَ وعاقِبتُهُم‏

1754. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RESURRECTION OF HYPOCRITES AND THEIR END

( وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا هِيَ حَسْبُهُمْ وَلَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُقِيمٌ)1

“Allah has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the faithless, the Fire of hell, to remain in it [forever]. That suffices them. Allah has cursed them, and there is a lasting punishment for them.” 2

( إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيراً)3

“Indeed the hypocrites will be in the lowest reach of the Fire, and you will never find any helper for them.” 4

6220. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يَجي‏ءُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ ذو الوَجهَينِ دالِعاً لِسانَهُ في قَفاهُ ، وآخَرُ مِن قُدّامِهِ ، يَلتَهِبانِ ناراً حتّى‏ يُلهِبا جَسَدَهُ ، ثُمّ يُقالُ لَهُ : هذا الّذي كانَ في الدُّنيا ذا وَجهَينِ وذا لِسانَينِ ، يُعرَفُ بذلكَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ5

6220. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He [the hypocrite] will come on the Day of Judgment with two faces and with his tongue hanging out from the back of his head, and with another tongue hanging in front. They will both be ignited with fire until they ignite his body, then it will be said about him: This is the one who was two-faced and two-tongued in the world, and he will be known as such on the Day of Resurrection.'6

6221. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ذو الوَجهَينِ في الدُّنيا يأتي يَومَ القِيامَةِ ولَهُ وَجهانِ مِن نارٍ7

6221. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A two-faced person in this world will come on the Day of Resurrection with two faces of fire.'8

Notes

1. التوبة : 68

2. Quran 9 :68

3. النساء : 145

4. Quran 4 :145

5. الخصال : 38 / 16

6. al-Khisal, p. 38, no. 16

7. الترغيب والترهيب : 3 / 603 / 3

8. al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 3, p. 603, no. 3

1755 - ما يَذهَبُ بِالنِّفاقِ‏

1755. WHAT ERADICATES HYPOCRISY

6222. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الصَّلاةُ علَيَّ وعلى‏ أهلِ بَيتي تَذهَبُ بالنِّفاقِ1

6222. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Invoking blessings on me and my household takes away hypocrisy.'2

6223. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ارفَعوا أصواتَكُم بالصَّلاةِ علَيَّ ؛ فإنّها تَذهَبُ بالنِّفاقِ3

6223. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Raise your voices in invocation of blessings on me for it takes away hypocrisy.'4

Notes

1. الكافي : 2 / 492 / 8

2. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 492, no. 8

3. الكافي : 2 / 493 / 13

4. Ibid. v. 2, p. 493, no. 13