268 - الاعتِذار
268. MAKING EXCUSES
1239 - التَّحذيرُ مِمّا يُعتَذَرُ مِنهُ
1239. CAUTION AGAINST DOING SOMETHING That One Would Later Have to EXCUSE ONESELF FOR
4039.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: إيّاكَ وما تَعتَذِرُ مِنهُ ؛ فإنَّ فيهِ الشِّركَ الخَفِيَّ .1
4039.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Keep away from doing that which you must excuse yourself for, for verily that involves hidden polytheism.’2
4040.الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام : إيّاكَ وما تَعتَذِرُ مِنهُ ؛ فإنَّ المُؤمِنَ لا يُسيءُ ولا يَعتَذِرُ ، والمُنافِقَ كُلَّ يَومٍ يُسيءُ ويَعتَذِرُ .3
4040.Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Keep away from doing that which you must excuse yourself for, for verily the believer neither commits a wrong nor makes excuses for himself, whereas the hypocrite commits wrongs and makes excuses for them everyday.’4
4041.مشكاة الأنوار عن بعضِ أصحابِهِ : قالَ أبو عَبدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام : لا يَنبَغي لِلمُؤمِنِ أن يُذِلَّ نَفسَهُ ، قُلتُ : بِما يُذِلُّ نَفسَهُ ؟ قالَ : يَدخُلُ فيما يَعتَذِرُ مِنهُ .5
4041. Mishkat al-Anwar: From one of the companions of Imam al-Sadiq (AS): Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘A believer must never humiliate himself.’ When asked how he would humiliate himself, he replied, ‘By embarking upon something which he later has to make excuses for.’6
1.بحار الأنوار : ۷۸ / ۲۰۰ / ۲۸ .
2.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۷۸, p. ۲o۰, no. ۲۸
3.تحف العقول : ۲۴۸ .
4.Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. ۲۴۸
5.مشكاة الأنوار : ۱۰۳ / ۲۳۵ .
6.Mishkat al-Anwar, no. ۵۰
