775 - آثارُ الذُّنوبِ‏

775. THE EFFECTS OF SINS

2419.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الذَّنبُ شُؤمٌ على‏ غيرِ فاعِلِهِ ، إن عَيَّرَهُ ابتُلِيَ ، وإنِ اغتابَهُ أثِمَ ، وإن رَضِيَ بهِ شارَكَهُ .¹

2419.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The sin is also a [source of] misfortune for people other than the perpetrator, for if someone was to expose that sin, he too is afflicted, and if he was to talk about him behind his back, he is also committing a sin, and if he is content thereof and does not bother with others' actions, then it is as if he also partook in the sin.' ²

2420.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما جَفَّتِ الدُّموعُ إلّا لِقَسوَةِ القُلوبِ ، وما قَسَتِ القُلوبُ إلّا لكَثرَةِ الذُّنوبِ .³

2420.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Tears only dry up and fail to flow as a result of hard-heartedness, and the hearts only harden as a result of an abundance of sins.' ⁴

2421.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : الذُّنوبُ التي تَحبِسُ غَيثَ السماءِ : جَورُ الحُكّامِ في القَضاءِ ، وشَهادَةُ الزُّورِ ، وكِتمانُ الشهادَةِ .⁵

2421. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'The sins that prevent rain from falling are: the judges' unjust rulings, the giving of false testimony and the concealing of one's testimony.' ⁶

2422.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنّه ما مِن سَنَةٍ أقَلَّ مَطَراً مِن سَنَةٍ ، ولكنّ اللَّهَ يَضَعُهُ حيثُ يشاءُ ، إنّ اللَّهَ عزّوجلّ إذا عَمِلَ قَومٌ بالمعاصِي صَرَفَ عَنهُم ما كانَ قَدَّرَ لَهُم مِنَ المَطَرِ .⁷

2422.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'When the rainfall is less from year to year, it is only because Allah sends it down as and when He wishes, such that when a people commit acts of disobedience to Him, Allah - Mighty and Exalted - withholds the rain that He had ordained for them.' ⁸

2423.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا أذنَبَ الرجُلُ خَرَجَ في قَلبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْداءُ ، فإن تابَ انمَحَتْ ، وإن زادَ زادَتْ حتّى‏ تَغلِبَ على‏ قَلبِهِ فلا يُفلِحُ بَعدَها أبداً .⁹

2423.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When a man commits a sin, a black spot appears on his heart. If he repents, it is effaced, but if he continues committing it, the spot increases and grows until it engulfs the whole heart, and he can never again prosper.' ¹⁰

2424.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما أنعَمَ اللَّهُ على‏ عبدٍ نِعمَةً فَسَلَبَها إيّاهُ حتّى‏ يُذنِبَ ذَنباً يَستَحِقُّ بذلكَ السَّلبَ .¹¹

2424.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah never bestows bounties on His servant only to take them away again until and unless he commits a sin, whereby he becomes deserving of Allah's deprivation.' ¹²

2425.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ الرَّجُلَ يُذنِبُ الذنبَ فَيُحرَمُ صلاةَ الليلِ ، وإنّ العَمَلَ السَيِ‏ءَ أسرَعُ في صاحِبِهِ مِنَ السِّكِّينِ في اللَّحمِ .¹³

2425.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Indeed the servant commits a sin, and as a result he is deprived of the Night Prayer. And verily the evil deed pierces into and affects the one who committed it faster than a sharp knife can pierce into meat.' ¹⁴

2426.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن يَموتُ بالذُّنوبِ أكثَرُ مِمَّن يَموتُ بِالآجالِ .¹⁵

2426.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are more people who die as a result of their sins than who die because they have reached their appointed time.' ¹⁶

2427.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : إذا كَذَبَ الوُلاةُ حُبِسَ المَطَرُ ، وإذا جارَ السُّلطانُ هانَتِ الدَّولةُ ، وإذا حُبِسَتِ الزكاةُ ماتَتِ المَواشي .¹⁷

2427.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'When the governors [of a place] are dishonest, rainfall is withheld [from that place], and when the sultan is unjust the whole country is abased, and when the alms-tax is not paid, livestock die as a result.' ¹⁸

انظر : البلاء : باب 264 ؛ الدعاء : باب 694 .

(See also: AFFLICTION: section 264 and
SUPPLICATION: section 694)

774 - الاِبتِهاجُ بِالذَّنبِ‏

774. TAKING PLEASURE IN SINNING

2417.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن تَلَذَّذَ بمعاصِي اللَّهِ أورَثَهُ اللَّهُ ذُلّاً .¹

2417.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever takes pleasure in committing acts of disobedience to Allah, Allah will bring disgrace down upon him.' ²

2418.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : إيّاكَ والابتِهاجَ بالذنبِ ، فإنّ الابتِهاجَ بهِ أعظَمُ مِن رُكوبِهِ .³

2418. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Beware of enjoying the sin, for verily that enjoyment is worse than the actual perpetration of it.' ⁴