558 - حُقوقُ الإخوانِ‏

558. THE RIGHTS OF THE BRETHREN

1668.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : مِن حقِّ المؤمنِ على‏ أخيهِ المؤمنِ أن يُشْبِعَ جَوْعَتَهُ ، ويُواريَ عَورَتَهُ ، ويُفرِّجَ عَنهُ كُرْبَتهُ ، ويَقْضيَ دَيْنَهُ ، فإذا ماتَ خَلَفَهُ في أهلِهِ ووُلدِهِ .¹

1668.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Among the rights of the believer upon his fellow believing brother is to satisfy his hunger, cover his body, solve his problems, pay his debt, and when he dies, to substitute him in his family and his children.' ²

1669.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن عَظّمَ دِينَ اللَّهِ عظّمَ حقَّ إخْوانِهِ ، ومَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بدِينهِ اسْتَخَفَّ بإخْوانِهِ .³

1669.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who honours the religion of Allah honours the right of his brethren, and he who takes His religion lightly takes [the right of] his brethren lightly.' ⁴

1670.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما عُبِدَ اللَّهُ بشي‏ءٍ أفضَلَ مِن أداءِ حقِّ المؤمنِ .⁵

1670.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah is not worshipped through anything better than fulfilling the right of the fellow believer.' ⁶

1671.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : للمؤمنِ على‏ المؤمنِ سَبْعَةُ حُقوقٍ واجِبَةٍ لَهُ مِن اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ ، واللَّهُ سائلُهُ عَمّا صَنَعَ فيها : الإجْلالُ لَهُ في عَيْنِهِ ، والوُدُّ لَهُ في صَدرِهِ ، والمُواساةُ لَهُ في مالِهِ ، وأنْ يُحِبَّ لَهُ ما يُحِبُّ لنَفْسِهِ، وأنْ‏يُحرِّمَ غِيبَتَهُ، وأنْ‏يَعودَهُ‏في‏مَرضِهِ، ويُشَيّعَ جَنازَتَهُ ولا يَقولَ فيهِ بعدَ مَوتِهِ إلّا خَيراً .⁷

1671.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The believer has seven rights incumbent upon his fellow believer which are made obligatory by Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and about which Allah will ask him what he did: to esteem him highly in his eyes, to entertain love for him in his heart, to assist him financially from his own wealth, to love for him what he loves for himself, to prohibit [others] from backbiting him, to visit him in his sickness, to attend his funeral procession, and to not say anything but good about him after his death.' ⁸

1672.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : وقد سئل عَن حَقِّ المُؤمِنِ، فَقالَ: سَبعونَ حَقّاً لا اُخبِرُكَ إلّا بِسَبعَةٍ : ... لا تَشبَع ويَجوعُ ولا تَكتَسي ويَعرى ؛ وتَكونُ دَليلَهُ .⁹

1672. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when he was asked about the right of the believer, said, 'They are seventy rights, of which I will not tell you but of seven of them: ... that you should not eat to satiety while he is hungry, or dress yourself while he is naked, and you should be his guide...' ¹⁰

1673.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في بيانِ حُقوقِ المؤمنِ على‏ المؤمنِ - : أيْسَرُ حقٍّ مِنها أنْ تُحِبَّ لَهُ ما تُحِبُّ لنَفْسِكَ ، وتَكْرَهَ لَهُ ما تَكْرَهُ لنَفْسِكَ .¹¹

1673. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), expounding on the rights of the believer upon the fellow believer, said, 'The simplest right from among them is to love for him what you love for yourself, and to dislike for him what you dislike for yourself.' ¹²

1674.الإمامُ العسكريُّ عليه السلام : أعْرَفُ النّاسِ بحُقوقِ إخْوانِهِ وأشَدُّهُم قَضاءً لَها أعْظَمُهُم عِند اللَّهِ شَأناً .¹³

1674.Imam al-Askari (AS) said, 'The person who best knows the rights of his brethren and is the most diligent of all at fulfilling them is the one who has the greatest esteem in the sight of Allah.' ¹⁴