1773 - تَفسيرُ كَلِمَةِ «إمَّعَةٍ»

1773. THE EXPLANATION OF THE WORD 'OPPORTUNIST'

6278.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام لِفَضلِ ابنِ يُونُسَ : أبلِغْ خَيراً ، وقُلْ خَيراً ولا تَكُن إمَّعَةً . قلتُ : وما الإمَّعَةُ ؟ قالَ : لا تَقُلْ : أنا مَعَ النّاسِ ، وأنا كَواحِدٍ مِن النّاسِ . إنّ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله قالَ : يا أيُّها النّاسُ، إنّما هُما نَجدانِ : نَجدُ¹ خَيرٍ ونَجدُ شَرٍّ، فلا يَكُن نَجدُ الشَّرِّ أحَبَّ إلَيكُم مِن نَجدِ الخَيرِ .²

6278. Imam al-Kazim (AS), to Fadl b. Yunus said, 'Do good and speak only good, and do not be an opportunist.' I asked, 'What does it mean to be an opportunist?' He said, 'Do not say: "I am with the people and I am one of the people." The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'O people, there are two paths: the path of good and the path of evil, so the path of evil should not be more loved by you than the path of good.' ³

(اُنظر) تقليد : باب 1561 .

(See also: EMULATION (Taqlid): section 1561)

1772 - مَن لَيس مِن النّاسِ‏

1772. THOSE WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS PEOPLE [HUMAN]

6277.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لرجُلٍ قالَ لَهُ : أتَرى‏ هذا الخَلقَ كُلُّهُ مِن النّاسِ ؟- : اِلقَ مِنهُمُ التّارِكَ للسِّواكِ ، والمُتَرَبِّعَ في مَوضِعِ الضِّيقِ ، والدّاخِلَ فيما لايَعنيهِ، والمُماريَ فيما لاعِلمَ لَهُ، والمُتَمَرِّضَ مِن‏غَيرِ عِلَّةٍ، والمُتَشَعِّثَ‏مِن غَيرِ مُصيبَةٍ، والمُخالِفَ على‏ أصحابِهِ في الحَقِّ وقَدِ اتَّفَقوا علَيهِ، والمُفتَخِرَ يَفتَخِرُ بآبائهِ وهُو خِلْوٌ مِن صالِحِ أعمالِهِم، فهُو بمَنزِلَةِ الخَلَنجِ‏¹ يُقشَرُ لِحاءً عَن لِحاءٍ حتّى‏ يُوصَلَ إلى‏ جَوهَريَّتِهِ ، وهُو كما قالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ : (إنْ هُمْ إلّا كالأنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أضَلُّ سَبيلاً)² . ³

6277. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), to a man who asked, 'Do you consider all these creatures as people?' said, 'Exclude from among them those who do not brush their teeth, sitting cross-legged in a narrow place, one who interferes in matters that do not concern him, debates about that which he has no knowledge, one who acts sick without an illness, one who falls apart without a calamity, one who opposes his friends in matters of truth that they have agreed upon, a proud person who is proud of his forefathers but he is devoid of their good deeds, so he is like a heath peeling off its bark bit by bit until it reaches its core, and he is like Allah's verse: "They are like cattle; rather they are more astray". ⁴⁵