1125 - جَوازُ الكَذِبِ فِي الإصلاحِ‏

1125. THE PERMISSIBILITY OF LYING FOR THE SAKE OF RECONCILIATION

3584.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : المُصلِحُ ليسَ بِكاذِبٍ .¹

3584.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The reconciler is not a liar.’²

3585.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الكلامُ ثلاثةٌ : صِدقٌ وكِذبٌ وإصلاحٌ بينَ الناسِ ... تَسمَعُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ كلاماً يَبلُغُهُ فَتَخبُثُ نَفسُهُ، فَتَلقاهُ فَتَقُولُ : سَمِعتُ مِن فُلانٍ قالَ فِيكَ مِنَ الخَيرِ كذا وكذا، خِلافَ ما سَمِعتَ مِنهُ .³

3585.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Utterances fall under three categories: the truth, the lie, and reconciliation between people … you may hear a man saying something about someone, which when they come to hear will lead them to feel malice towards the former. [In such a situation] you may instead tell them, ‘I heard x speaking such good things about you’, contrary to what you had heard.’⁴

1124 - أهَمِّيَّةُ الإصلاحِ بَينَ النّاسِ‏

1124. THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE

(إنَّما المُؤْمِنُونَ إخْوَةٌ فَأصْلِحُوا بَينَ أخَوَيْكُمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ).¹

“The faithful are indeed brothers. Therefore make peace between your brothers and be wary of Allah, so that you may receive [His] mercy.”²

(لا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيْرٍ مِنْ نَجْواهُمْ إلَّا مَنْ أمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أوْ إصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَمَنْ يَفْعَل ذلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضاةِ اللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤتِيهِ أجْراً عَظِيماً).³

“There is no good in much of their secret talks, excepting him who enjoins charity and what is right or reconciliation between people, and whoever does that, seeking Allah’s pleasure, soon We shall give him a great reward.”⁴

3581.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ألا اُخبِرُكم بِأفضلَ مِن دَرَجَةِ الصِّيامِ والصَّلاةِ والصَّدَقةِ ؟ إصلاحُ ذاتِ البَينِ؛ فإنّ فسادَ ذاتِ البَينِ هِي الحالِقةُ .⁵

3581.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Shall I inform you of something that holds a higher status than fasting, praying and giving charity? Making peace between people, for verily sowing dissention between people is indeed calamitous.’⁶

3582.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : صَدَقةٌ يُحِبُّها اللَّهُ : إصلاحٌ بَينَ الناسِ إذا تَفاسَدُوا، وتَقارُبُ بَينِهِم إذا تَباعَدُوا .⁷

3582.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A charitable act most loved by Allah is reconciling between people if they have fallen out, and bringing them together when they have become distanced from one another.’⁸

3583.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لِلمفضَّلِ - : إذا رَأيتَ بينَ اثنَينِ مِن شِيعَتِنا مُنازَعَةً فافتَدِها مِن مالي .⁹

3583. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said to his companion, Mufaddal, ‘If you see two people from amongst our followers (Shia) fighting [over property or the like], use my money to settle the dispute.’¹⁰