276 - التّعزية

276. CONDOLENCE

1295 - تَعزِيَةُ المُصابِ‏

1295. CONDOLING WITH ONE WHO IS GRIEF-STRICKEN¹

4242.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَزّى‏ مُصاباً كانَ لَهُ مِثلُ أجرِهِ .²

4242.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever condoles with a grief-stricken person receives the same reward as him.’³

4243.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَزَّى الثَّكلى‏ أظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ في ظِلِّ عَرشِهِ يَومَ لا ظِلَّ إلّا ظِلُّهُ .⁴

4243.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever condoles with a mother bereaved of her child will be shaded by Allah by the shade of His Throne on the Day when no other shade will avail.’⁵

4244.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : كَفاكَ مِنَ التَّعزِيَةِ بأن يَراكَ صاحِبُ المُصيبَةِ .⁶

4244.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The minimum condolence required of you is that the bereaved one sees you present.’⁷

1294 - مَن لا يَنبَغي لَهُ العُزلَةُ

1294. ONE WHO MUST NOT ADOPT SOLITUDE

4240.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُؤمِنُ الّذي يُخالِطُ النّاسَ ويَصبِرُ عَلى‏ أذاهُم أفضَلُ مِنَ المُؤمِنِ الّذي لا يُخالِطُ النّاسَ ولا يَصبِرُ عَلى‏ أذاهُم .¹

4240.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The believer who mingles with people and tolerates their wrongs is better than the believer who does not mingle with people and does not tolerate their wrongs.’²

4241.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لِرَجُلٍ أرادَ الجَبَلَ لِيَتعَبَّدَ فيهِ - : لَصَبرُ أحَدِكُم ساعَةً عَلى‏ ما يَكرَهُ في بَعضِ مَواطِنِ الإسلامِ خَيرٌ مِن عِبادَتِهِ خالِياً أربَعينَ سَنَةً .³

4241. The Prophet (SAWA) said to a man who wished to live in the mountains to worship therein, ‘Indeed someone’s tolerance of what he despises in any part of the Islamic territory for one hour is better than his forty years of worship in isolation.’⁴