1456 - سَماعُ الغيبَةِ
1456. LISTENING TO BACKBITING
4912.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : السامِعُ لِلغِيبَةِ كالمُغتابِ .1
4912.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who listens to backbiting is as [bad as] the backbiter.’2
4913.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد نَظَرَ إلى رجُلٍ يَغتابُ رجُلاً عندَ ابنِهِ الحسنِ عليه السلام - : يابُنَيَّ ، نَزِّهْ سَمعَكَ عن مِثلِ هذا ؛ فإنّهُ نَظَرَ إلى أخبَثِ ما في وِعائهِ فَأفرَغَهُ في وِعائكَ !3
4913. Imam Ali (AS) saw a man backbiting someone in the presence of his son, al-Hasan (AS), to whom he said, ‘O my son, steer your hearing clear of such a person, for verily he took the most repulsive thing from his mind and poured it into yours!’4
4914.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : حقُّ السَّمعِ تَنزيهُهُ عن سَماعِ الغِيبَةِ، وسَماعِ ما لايَحِلُّ سَماعُهُ .5
4914. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘The right of the ears is to keep them pure from listening to backbiting, and from that which is unlawful to listen to.’6
