281 - نَكثُ البَيعَةِ

281. Retraction of Allegiance

(وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عاهَدْتُمْ وَلا تَنْقُضُوا الْأَيْمانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِها وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ) .¹

"Fulfill Allah's covenant when you pledge, and do not break [your] oaths after pledging them solemnly" ²

932.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ثلاثةٌ لا يُكلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ ... رجُلٌ بايَعَ إماماً لا يُبايِعُهُ إلّا للدُّنيا ، إنْ أعْطاهُ مِنها ما يُريدُ وَفى‏ لَهُ ، وإلّا كَفَّ .³

932.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Three people Allah will not speak to... and a man who gave his allegiance to an Imam only for the sake of this world, such that if he gives him thereof what he wants he keeps his oath, otherwise he turns away.' ⁴

933.بحار الأنوار عن الإمام عليّ عليه السلام : إنّ في‏النّارِ لَمدينةً يُقالُ لها الحَصِينةُ ، أفَلا تَسْألونّي ما فِيها ؟ فقيلَ لَهُ : وما فِيها يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ؟ قالَ : فيها أيْدي النّاكِثينَ .⁵

933.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is a city in Hell named al-Hasina; will you not ask me about it?' He was asked, 'What is in it, O Commander of the Faithful?' He replied, 'In it are the hands of those who violated their covenants.' ⁶

934.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في جوابِ مَن سأله : على‏ ما قاتلتَ طَلحةَ والزُّبيرَ ؟ - : قاتلْتُهُم على‏ نَقْضِهِم بَيْعَتي وقَتْلِهِم شِيعَتي مِن المؤمنينَ .⁷

934. Imam Ali (AS), when someone asked him, 'For what reason did you fight Talha and al-Zubayr?', replied, 'I fought them for violating their oath of allegiance to me and for their killing of my followers (Shia).' ⁸

935.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : لا يَعْدَمُ المرءُ دائرةَ السّوءِمَعَ نَكْثِ الصَّفْقةِ .⁹

935.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'A man will not remain immune from a bad fate when he violates his covenant.' ¹⁰