THE REAL FOLLOWERS OF AHLUL-BAYT AND THEIR QUALITIES
76- عَن جابِرٍ عَن أَبي جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام قالَ: قالَ لي: يا جابِرُ أَيَكْتَفي مَـن يَنْتَحِـلُ التَّشَيُّـعَ أَنْ يَقُـولَ بِحُبِّنا أَهـلَ البَيـتِ فَوَالله ما شيعَتُنا إلاّ مَنِ اتَّقَى اللّه وَ أَطاعَهُ، وَ ما كانُوا يُعرَفُـونَ يا جابِـرُ إِلاّ بِالتَّواضُـعِ وَالتَّخَشُّـعِ وَ الاَمانَة، وَ كَثرَة ذِكرِالله وَالصَّـومِ وَالصَّلاةِ وَالبِرِّ بِالوالِدَينِ وَالتَّعاهُـدِ لِلجيـرانِ مِـنَ الفُقَـراءِ وَ أَهـلِ المَسكَنَة وَ الغارِمينَ وَالأيتامِ وَ صِدقِ الحَديثِ وَ تِلاوَةِ القُرآنِ وَ كَفِّ الألسُـنِ عَنِ النّاسِ إلاّ مِن خَيـرٍ، وَ كانُـوا أُمَناءَ عَشائِرِهِمْ فِي الأشياءِ اَلْحَديث
الكافي/2/74
Imam Muhammad Baqir [a.s.] told Jabir:“Is it enough for a person to (merely) embellish (oneself) as a Shi'ah (follower) by professing love of us, Ahlul-Bayt? Nay! By Allah, a person is not our follower except the one who fears Allah and obeys Him. O' Jabir! Our followers are not recognized save by humility; submission; honesty; praising Allah abundantly; fasting and prayers; filial devotion; attending to the poor, needy, debtors, and orphans who live near him; saying the truth; reciting the Qur'an; withholding the tongue from people except for benediction; and being trustworthy for relatives in any affairs...”
Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 74
77- قالَ حَدَّثَنا سُلَيمانُ بنُ مَهرانَ قالَ دَخَلتُ عَلَى الصّادِقِ جَعفَرِبنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عليه السلام وَ عِندَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الشّيعَة، فَسَمِعتُـهُ وَ هُـوَ يَقُولُ مَعاشِرَ الشّيعَة :
كُونُوا لَنا زَيْنًا وَ لا تَكُونُـوا عَلَينا شَيْنًا، قُولُوا لِلنّاسِ حُسْناً، وَاحفَظُوا اَلسِنَتَكُم وَ كُفُّوها عَنِ الفُضُولِ وَ قَبيحِ القَولِ
الامالي؟/400
Sulayman-ibn-Mahran said that he visited Imam Sadiq [a.s.] while some of the followers (Shi'ah) were attending him [a.s.] and he heard that the Imam [a.s.], addressing them, said:“(Behave) to be as ornaments for us and not to be against us as shame. Tell people of goodness, and protect your tongues and hold it from excessive talk and offensive speech.”
Al-Amali, by Saduq, p. 142
78- عَـن عَبـدِالله بنِ بُكَيـرٍ عَـن أَبي عَبـدِ الله عليه السلام قالَ: اِنّا لَنُحِبُّ مَن كانَ عاقِلاً فَهِمًا فَقيهًا حَليمًا مُدارِياً صَبُورًا صَدُوقـًا وَفِياًّ، اِنَّ اللّه عَزَّوَجَلَّ خَصَّ الأنبِياءَ عليهم السلام بَمَكارِمِ الأخـلاقِ، فَمَن كانَـت فيهِ فَليَحمَـدِ اللّه عَلى ذلِكَ وَ مَن لَـم تَكُـن فيـهِ فَليَتَضَرَّعْ إِلى الله عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَليَسأَلْهُ إيّاهُ، قالَ قُلتُ جُعِلـتُ فِداكَ وَ ما هُنَّ؟
قالَ: هُـنَّ الـوَرَعُ، وَالقَناعَة، وَالصَّبـرُ، وَالشُّكـرُ، وَالحِلــمُ، وَالحَياءُ، وَالسَّخاءُ، وَالشَّجاعَة، وَالغِيـرَة وَالبِـرُّ، وَ صِـدقُ الحَديثِ، وَ اَداءُ الإمانَةِ
الكافي/2/56
Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“Verily, we love those who are wise, perceptive (intelligent), learned, forbearing, patient, reliable, and faithful. Surely, Allah, Almighty and Glorious, favoured Prophets [a.s.] with high morality. Then, he who possesses them may praise Allah for them, but he who does not have them may weep unto Allah, the Almighty and Glorious, and ask Him for them.”
Jabir humbly asked what they were, and the Imam [a.s.] replied:
“They are: piety, contentment, patient endurance, gratefulness, forbearance, modesty, graciousness, courage, enthusiasm, benevolence, truthfulness, and honesty in deposits.”
Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 56
79- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :
مَن كانَ لِلّهِ مُطيعاً فَهُوَلَنا وَلِيٌّ وَ مَن كانَ لِلّهِ عاصياً فَهُوَلَنا عَدُوٌّ
الكافي/2/75
Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“... He who obeys Allah is a lover of us, and the one who disobeys Him then he is an enemy for us (AhIul-Bayt)...”
Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 75
SIN AND ITS EFFECTS
80- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :
لا تَنظُرْ إِلى صِغَرِ الخَطيئَة وَلكِنِ انظُرْ إِلى مَن عَصَيتَ
مستدرك الوسائل/11/330 & بحار الأنوار/77/79
The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Do not look at the minuteness of the sin, but see Whom you have sinned against.”
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 79 & Mustadrak AI-Wasa'il, vol. 11, p. 330
81- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
مَنْ أَرادَ مِنكُم أَنْ يَعلَمَ كَيـفَ مَنزِلَتُـهُ عِنـدَ اللهِ فَلْيَنْظُـرْ كَيْـفَ مَنزِلَةُ اللهِ مِنهُ عِندَ الذُّنُوبِ، كذلكَ مَنزِلَتُهُ عِنـدَ اللهِ تَبارَكَ وَ تَعالى
بحار الأنوار/70/18
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“If one of you desires to know his standing with Allah he may evaluate his situation in relation to his sins against Allah, such is his worthiness to Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.”
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 70, p. 18
82- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :
أَما تَعلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَعمالَكُم تُعرَضُ عليه فَإذا رآى فيها مَعصِيَةً ساءَهُ ذلك فَلا تَسُوؤُوا رَسُـولَ اللهِ وَ سُرُّوهُ
الكافي/1/219
Imam Sadiq [a.s.] addressed a group of people and inquired why they annoyed the Messenger of Allah. Someone asked Imam [a.s.] how they did so, and he [a.s.] said:“Do you not know that your deeds are reported to him [p.b.u.h.]? When he [p.b.u.h.] observes a sin against Allah among them, he becomes displeased. Therefore do not hurt the Messenger of Allah but do please him.”
Usul-I-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 219
83- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
قِلَّة العَفوِ اَقبَحُ العُيُوبِ وَالتَّسَرُّعُ إِلى الاِنتِقامِ اَعظَمُ الذُّنُوبِ
غرر الحكم/235
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“Lacking forgiveness is the worst of deficiencies and hastening in vengeance is (among) the greatest (of all) sins.”
Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 235
84- عَنِ الأصبَغِ بنِ نَباتَة عَن عَلِيّ عليه السلام قالَ: قالَ رَسُـولُ الله صَلَّى اللّه عليه وَ آلِهِ و سلم: إذا غَضِبَ اللّه عَزَّوَجلَّ عَلى اُمَّةٍ وَ لَم يَنزِل بِهَا العَذابُ غَلَتْ اَسعارُها، وَ قَصُرَتْ اَعمارُها، وَلَـم تَربَحْ تُجّارُها، وَلَم تَزكُ ثِمارُها، وَلَم تَغـزُرْ أَنْهارُها، وَ حُبِـسَ عَنها اَمطارُها، وَسُلِّطَ عليها شِرارُها
الخصال/2/360
Asbaq-ibn-Nubatah has narrated from the first Imam, Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.], who said the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“When Allah Almighty and Glorious sends His wrath on a nation and does not punish (them) by it, then; their prices will go up (expensive), their lifetimes will shorten, their merchants will not gain profits, their fruits will not be abundant, their streams will not become brimful, their rain will be withheld from them, and their vicious ones will dominate over them.”
Khisal by Saduq, vol. 2, p.360
Note:
The summary of this tradition is that if the destructive penalty does not destroy such a nation, they will be inflicted with seven afflictions because of their committing sins.
85- عَن اَبي جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام قالَ وَجَدنا في كِتابِ عَلِىٍّ عليه السلام قالَ :
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صَلَّى اللّه عليه وَ آلِهِ و سلم: إذا ظَهَرَ الزِّنا كَثُرَ مَـوتُ الفُجأَةِ، وَ إذا طُفِّفَ المِكيالُ اَخَذَهُمُ اللّه بِالسِّنينَ وَ النَّقصِ، وَ إذا مَنَعُوا الزَّكوةَ مَنَعَتِ الأرضُ بَرَكاتِها مِنَ الـزَّرعِ وَ الثِّمـارِ وَ المَعادِنِ كُلِّها، وَ إذا جارُوا فِي الأحكامِ تَعاوَنُـوا عَلَـى الظُّلـمِ وَ العُدوانِ، وَ إذا نَقَضُوا العُهُودَ سَلَّـطَ اللّه عليهم عَدُوَّهُـم، وَ إذا قَطَعُوا الأرحامَ جُعِلَتِ الأموالُ في اَيدِي الأشرارِ، وَ إذا لَـم يأْمُرُوا بِمَعرُوفٍ وَ لَم يَنهَوا عَن مُنكَرٍ وَ لَم يَتَّبِعُوا الأخيارَ مِـن اَهلِ بَيتي سَلَّطَ اللّه عليهم شِرارَهُم فَيَدعُو عِندَ ذلِكَ خِيارُهُم فَلا يُستَجابُ لَهُم
سفينة البحار/2/630
Imam Baqir [a.s.], the fifth Imam, said that he found in the book of Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] that he has said that the Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“When adultery appears (abundantly in a society) the (number of) sudden deaths increases; and when there is fraud, Allah takes them in expensiveness and loss. When people stop giving alms tax, the earth holds back its blessings from plants (crops), fruits, mines, and all such things. When they act unjustly according to (divine) ordinances, they have helped injustice and aggression. When they breach (their) promises, the Lord will set their enemies as absolute masters over them. When they break off connections with their kindred, possession of properties will be put in the hands of the wicked. And, when they do not perform enjoining right and forbidding wrong and, also, do not follow the chosen ones of my Ahlul-Bayt, Allah will set their vicious ones over them and, in this condition, their good doers utter invocations but they are not responded to.”
Safinat-uI-Bihar, vol. 2, p. 630
86- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
ما جَفَّتِ الدّمُوعُ إلاّ لِقَسوَةِ القُلُـوبِ وَ مـا قَسَـتِ القُلُـوبُ اِلاّ لِكَثرَة الذُّنُوبِ
بحار الأنوار/70/55
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“The tears do not dry up save for the hearts being hard, and hearts do not harden but because of the abundance of sins.”
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 70, p. 55
87- قالَ اللّه تَعالى لِداوُدَ :
يا داوُدُ! بَشِّرِالمُذنِبينَ بِسِعَة رَحمَتِىَ المُطلَقَةِ الَّتي وَسِعَت كلَّ شيْءٍ لِئَلاّيَقنَطُـوا مِن رَحمَتي وَ أَنـذِرِ الصِّدِّيقِيـنَ بِسَطـوَة غَضَبي لِئَلاّيَغتَـرُّوا بِطاعَتِهِـم لاِ َنَّ الاِغتِـرارَ مُوجِبُ العُجـبِ وَالعُجبُ اَشَدُّ الذُّنُوبِ
اثنى عشريه/59
Allah, the Exalted, told Prophet David [a.s.]:“O' David! Give good news to the sinners of My absolute Mercy, which envelops everything (in the world of existence), so as not to grow hopeless of My Mercy; and warn the good doers of the authority of My wrath in order not to be proud of their obedience, for pride causes arrogance which itself is the greatest of all sins.”
Al-Ithna 'Ashariyyah, p. 59
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Author: Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani
