274 - العزّة

274. HONOUR

1289 - تَفسيرُ العِزِّ

1289. THE EXPLANATION OF HONOUR

(الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا) .¹

“- those who take the faithless for allies instead of the faithful. Do they seek honour with them? [If so,] indeed all honour belongs to Allah.”²

4215.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العَزيزُ بِغَيرِ اللَّهِ ذَليلٌ .³

4215.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Anyone honoured by other than Allah is actually disgraced.’⁴

4216.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِعلَمْ أ نَّهُ لا عِزَّ لِمَن لا يَتَذَلَّلُ للَّهِ‏ِ ، ولا رِفعَةَ لِمَن لا يَتَواضَعُ للَّهِ‏ِ .⁵

4216.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that the one who does not abase himself in front of Allah has no honour, and that the one who does not humble himself before Allah has no elevation.’⁶

4217.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ولا عِزَّ كَالحِلمِ .⁷

4217.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no honour like clemency.’⁸

4218.الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ عليه السلام : طاعَةُ وُلاةِ الأمرِ تَمامُ العِزِّ .⁹

4218. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Obedience to the [divinely appointed] authorities of command is a completion of one’s honour.’¹⁰

4219.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : العِزُّ أن تَذِلَّ لِلحَقِّ إذا لَزِمَكَ .¹¹

4219.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Honour is to submit oneself to the truth when it comes to you.’¹²

1288 - أدنى‏ مَراتِبِ النَّهيِ عَنِ المُنكَرِ

1288. THE LOWEST LEVEL OF PROHIBITION OF WRONG

4210.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن رَأى‏ مِنكُم مُنكَراً فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ ، فإن لَم يَستَطِعْ فبِلِسانِهِ ، فإن لَم يَستَطِعْ فبِقَلبِهِ وذلكَ أضعَفُ الإيمانِ .¹

4210.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who sees wrong being done should redress the situation with his own hand, and if he cannot do so then with his tongue, and if he cannot do so then with his heart [disapproving the act], and that is the weakest level of faith.’²

4211.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ألا لا يَمنَعَنَّ أحَدَكُم هَيبَةُ النّاسِ أن يَقولَ الحَقَّ إذا رَآهُ أن يَذَّكَّرَ بِعِظَمِ اللَّهِ ، لا يُقَرِّبُ مِن أجَلٍ ولا يُبعِدُ مِن رِزقٍ .³

4211.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Indeed fear of people must not prevent any of you from speaking the truth when he sees it fit to remind others of the grandeur of Allah, for neither will it [i.e. speaking the truth] hasten your destined end, nor will it ward off your decreed sustenance.’⁴

4212.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن تَرَكَ إنكارَ المُنكَرِ بقَلبِهِ ويَدِهِ ولِسانِهِ فهُوَ مَيِّتٌ بَينَ الأحياءِ .⁵

4212.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who abandons the prohibition of wrong with his heart, his hand and his tongue is a dead man walking amongst the living.’⁶

4213.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أمَرَنا رَسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله أن نَلقى‏ أهلَ المَعاصي بِوُجوهٍ مُكفَهِرَّةٍ .⁷

4213.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) commanded us to meet the sinners with stern faces.’⁸

4214.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : حَسبُ المُؤمِنِ عِزّاً إذا رَأى‏ مُنكَراً أن يَعلَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ مِن قَلبِه إنكارَهُ .⁹

4214.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘It is honour indeed for a believer that when he sees wrong being done, Allah, Mighty and Exalted, knows his heart to have rejected it.’¹⁰

(اُنظر) الجهاد (1) : باب 377 ؛ المعروف (2) : باب 1288 .

(See also: STRIVING (1): section 377; section acts of common courtesy (2) 1288)