1463 - مَن تَنجَلي عَنهُمُ الفِتَنُ‏

1463. THOSE WHO ARE CLEARED FROM TRIALS

4937.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: طُوبى‏ لِلمُخلِصينَ ، اُولئكَ مَصابيحُ الهُدى‏ تَنجَلي عَنهُم كلُّ فِتنَةٍ ظَلماءَ .¹

4937.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Blessed are the sincere. They are the lanterns of guidance, and all dark trials are cleared away from them.' ²

4938.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ يُصبِحُ الرجُلُ فيها مؤمِناً ويُمسِي كافِراً ، إلّا مَن أحياهُ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ بالعِلمِ .³

4938.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There will come a time with troubles and trials where a person will rise in the morning a believer and turn a disbeliever in the evening, save those whom Allah, most High, revive with knowledge.' ⁴

4939.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اعلَمُوا أنّهُ مَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجعَلْ لَهُ مَخرجاً مِن الفِتَنِ ، ونوراً مِن الظُّلَمِ .⁵

4939.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Know that those who are wary of their duty to Allah will find through Him a way out of the troubles of trials, and a light from darkness.' ⁶

1462 - أنواعُ الفِتَنِ‏

1462. KINDS OF TRIAL

(وَاعْلَمُوا أنَّما أمْوالُكُمْ وَأوْلادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ أجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ) .¹

"And know that your wealth and your children are a test [temptation], and that, God, with Him is a mighty reward." ²

4933.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ثلاثٌ فاتِناتٌ : الشَّعرُ الحَسَنُ ، والوَجهُ الحَسَنُ ، والصَّوتُ الحَسَنُ .³

4933.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are three tempting trials: beautiful hair, a beautiful face, and a beautiful voice.' ⁴

4934.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَأنا لِفِتنَةِ السَّرّاءِ أخوَفُ علَيكُم مِن فِتنَةِ الضَّرّاءِ ، إنّكُمُ ابتُلِيتُم بفِتنَةِ الضَّرّاءِ فَصَبَرتُم ، وإنّ الدنيا حُلوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ .⁵

4934.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'I fear for you the trials that are in good times more than in bad times. You have been struck with tests of bad times and you have endured them with patience, while verily the world remains sweet and luxuriant [to you].' ⁶

4935.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الفِتَنُ ثلاثٌ : حُبُّ النِّساءِ وهُو سَيفُ الشَّيطانِ ، وشُربُ الخَمرِ وهُو فَخُّ الشَّيطانِ ، وحُبُّ الدِّينارِ والدِّرهَمِ وهُو سَهمُ الشَّيطانِ ، فَمَن أحَبَّ النِّساءَ لم يَنتَفِعْ بعَيشِهِ ، ومَن أحَبَّ الأشرِبَةَ حَرُمَت علَيهِ الجَنّةُ ، ومَن أحَبَّ الدِّينارَ والدِّرهَمَ فهُو عَبدُ الدنيا .⁷

4935.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Trials are of three kinds: love of women [unlawfully], and this is the sword of the devil; drinking of wine, and this is the snare of the devil; and the love of dinars and dirhams, which is the arrow of the devil. So those who love women will not benefit from life, and those who love drinking will be barred from Heaven, and those who love the dinar and dirham are slaves of the world.' ⁸

4936.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لرجُلٍ يُسَمّى‏ حَرباً يَمشي مَعهُ وهُو راكِبٌ - : ارجِعْ ، فإنَّ مَشيَ مِثلِكَ مَع مِثلِي فِتنَةٌ للوالي ، ومَذَلَّةٌ للمؤمنِ .⁹

4936. Imam Ali (AS) who was riding, said to a person by the name of Harb who was walking with him, 'Go back, for the walking of someone like you with me is a trial for a governor and a [source of] humiliation for the believer.' ¹⁰