1191 - مَن لا يَنبَغي طاعَتُهُ‏

1191. HE WHO MUST NOT BE OBEYED

(وَقالُوا رَبَّنا إِنّا أَطَعْنا سادَتَنَا وَكُبَراءَنا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلا * رَبَّنا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ العَذابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً كَبِيراً).¹

“And they will say, ‘Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elders, and they led us astray from the way. Our Lord! Give them a double punishment and curse them with a mighty curse.”²

3842.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أرضى‏ سُلطاناً بما يُسخِطُ اللَّهَ خَرَجَ عن دِينِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ .³

3842.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who pleases a ruler with regard to something that displeases Allah excludes himself from the religion of Allah, Mighty and Exalted.’⁴

3843.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ألا فَالحَذَرَ الحَذَرَ مِن طاعَةِ ساداتِكم وكُبَرائكُمُ الَّذينَ تَكَبَّرُوا عن حَسَبِهِم، وتَرَفَّعُوا فَوقَ نَسَبِهِم ... ولا تُطِيعُوا الأدعِياءَ الذينَ شَرِبتُم بِصَفوِكُم كَدَرَهُم، وخَلَطتُم بِصِحَّتِكُم مَرَضَهُم، وأدخَلتُم في حَقِّكُم باطِلَهُم، وهُم أساسُ الفُسوقِ .⁵

3843.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware O beware of obeying your leaders and your elders who felt proud of their achievements and boasted about their lineage … and do not obey those who claim to be Muslims [but are hypocrites] whose filth you imbibe alongside your propriety, whose ailments you mix with your healthiness, and whose wrongs you have allowed to infiltrate your rightful matters, while they are the very foundation of vice.’⁶

3844.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أطاعَ التَّوانِيَ ضَيَّعَ الحُقوقَ، ومَن أطاعَ الواشِيَ ضَيَّعَ الصَّدِيقَ .⁷

3844.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who obeys an indifferent person ends up losing his rights, and he who obeys an informant ends up losing his friends.’⁸