335 - التَّقليد

335. EMULATION (taqlid)

1559 - التَّقليدُ المَذمومُ‏

1559. DISPARAGED EMULATION

(وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعالَوْا إِلَى‏ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ قالُوا حَسْبُنا ما وَجَدْنا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنا أَوَلَوْ كانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئاً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ) .¹

"And when they are told, "Come to what Allah has sent down and [come] to the Apostle", they say, "Sufficient for us is what we have found our fathers following." What, even if their fathers did not know anything and were not guided?" ²

5353.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (اتَّخَذُوا أحْبارَهُم ورُهْبانَهُم أرباباً مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ) - : واللَّهِ ما صَلَّوا لَهُم ولا صامُوا ، ولكنَّهُم أحَلُّوا لَهُم حَراماً ، وحَرَّموا علَيهِم حَلالاً فاتَّبَعُوهُم .³

5353. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "They have taken their scribes and their monks as lords besides Allah" ⁴ , said, 'By Allah, they did not pray to them nor did they fast for them, rather they permitted for them the prohibited and prohibited the permitted and people followed them.' ⁵

5354.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لِرجُلٍ مِن أصحابِهِ - : لا تَكونَنَّ إمَّعةً ، تقولُ : أنا مَع الناسِ وأنا كَواحِدٍ مِن الناسِ !⁶

5354. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), speaking to one of his companions said, 'Do not be toady, saying, 'I am with the people and I am one of the people!' ⁷

(اُنظر) الناس : باب 1775 .

(See also: PEOPLE: section 1775)