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1214 - أنواعُ العُبّادِ

1214. TYPES OF WORSHIPPERS

3943.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : (إنّ) العُبّادَ ثَلاثةٌ : قَومٌ عَبَدوا اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ خَوفاً فتِلكَ عِبادَةُ العَبيدِ، وَقَوم عَبَدوا اللَّهَ تَباركَ وتَعالى‏ طَلَبَ الثَّوابِ فتِلكَ عِبادَةُ الاُجَراءِ، وقَوم عَبَدوا اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ حُبّاً لَهُ فَتِلكَ عِبادَةُ الأحرارِ، وهِيَ أفضَلُ العِبادَةِ .1

3943.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Worshippers are of three types: people who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of fear, and that is the worship of a slave; people who worship Allah, Blessed and most High, seeking to be rewarded thereof, and that is the worship of an employyee; and people who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of love for Him, and that is the worship of free men and is the best type of worship.’2

3944.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن أطاعَ رَجُلاً في مَعصِيَةٍ فقَد عَبَدَهُ .3

3944.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who obeys someone in committing an act of disobedience [to Allah] has indeed worshipped him.’4

3945.الإمامُ الجوادُ عليه السلام : مَن أصغى‏ إلى‏ ناطِقٍ فقَد عَبَدَهُ، فإن كانَ النّاطِقُ يُؤَدّي عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ فقَد عَبَدَ اللَّهَ، وإن كانَ النّاطِقُ يُؤَدّي عنِ الشَّيطانِ فقَد عَبَدَ الشَّيطانَ .5

3945.Imam al-Jawad (AS) said, ‘Whoever gives a speaker his full attention has indeed expressed a form of worship or adulation to him. If the speaker leads one to Allah through his words, then it is as if one worships Allah [by giving him attention], but if he leads one to Satan through his words, it is as if one worships Satan.’6

1.الكافي : ۲ / ۸۴ / ۵ .

2.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۸۴, no. ۵

3.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۹۸ / ۸ .

4.Ibid. v. ۲, p. ۳۹۸, no. ۸

5.الكافي : ۶ / ۴۳۴ / ۲۴ .

6.Ibid. v. ۶, p. ۴۳۴, no. ۲۴

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