1479 - مَعرِفَةُ الفَسادِ والمُفسِدِ

1479. WHAT IS CORRUPTION AND WHO IS THE CORRUPTOR?

(إنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأرْضِ فَسادَاً أنْ يُقَتَّلُوا) .¹

"Indeed the requital of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle, and try to cause corruption on the earth, is that they shall be slain..." ²

(قالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أفْسَدُوها وَجَعَلُوا أعِزَّةَ أهْلِها أذِلَّةً وَكَذلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ) .³

"She said, 'Indeed when kings enter a town, they devastate it, and reduce the mightiest of its people to the most abased. That is how they act." ⁴

(وَإذا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأرْضِ قالُوا إنَّما نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ) .⁵

"When they are told, 'Do not cause corruption on the earth', they said, 'We are only reformers!" ⁶

(وَلا تُطِيعُوا أمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ * الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأرْضِ وَلا يُصْلِحُونَ) .⁷

"And do not obey the dictates of the profligate, who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform." ⁸

5015.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : صِنفانِ مِن اُمَّتي إذا صَلُحا صَلُحَت اُمَّتي ، وإذا فَسَدا فَسَدَت اُمَّتي ، قيلَ : يارسولَ اللَّهِ ، ومَن هُما ؟ قالَ : الفُقَهاءُ والاُمَراءُ .⁹

5015.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two kinds of people from my community who if they are sound my community will be sound, and if they are corrupt my comm.unity will become corrupt.' The Prophet was asked, 'And who are they O messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'The jurists and the rulers.' ¹⁰

5016.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ مِن الفَسادِ إضاعَةُ الزادِ .¹¹

5016.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily, from corruption comes the loss of provisions.' ¹²

5017.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام: مِن الفَسادِ قَطعُ الدِّرهَمِ والدِّينارِ وطَرحُ النَّوى‏ .¹³

5017.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'of the things that are corruptive are blocking dirhams and dinars [i.e. blocking their circulation in society through hoarding] and disposing of seeds.' ¹⁴

320 - الفَساد

320. CORRUPTION

1478 - مايُفسِدُ العامَّةَ

1478. THAT WHICH CORRUPTS PEOPLE IN GENERAL

1 - المَعصِيةُ

1. Sin

(ظَهَرَ الْفَسادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِما كَسَبَتْ أيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ) .¹

"Corruption has appeared in land and sea because of the doings of the people's hands, that He may make them taste something of what they have done, so that they may come back." ²

5012.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ المَعصيَةَ إذا عَمِلَ بها العَبدُ سِرّاً لم تَضُرَّ إلّا عامِلَها ، وإذا عَمِلَ بها عَلانِيَةً ولم يُغَيَّرْ علَيهِ أضَرَّت بالعامَّةِ .³

5012.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If a servant [of Allah] was to secretly sin, he would only harm himself, and if he was to commit it openly and he is not stopped, people would be harmed by it.' ⁴

(اُنظر) الذنب : باب 777 .

(See also: SINNING: section 777)

2 - الاختِلافُ‏

2. Dissention

5013.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وأيمُ اللَّهِ ، ما اختَلَفَت اُمَّةٌ بَعدَ نَبِيِّها إلّا ظَهَرَ باطِلُها على‏حَقِّها إلّا ماشاءَاللَّهُ .⁵

5013.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'By Allah, no sooner does a community dissent after their prophet than falsehood prevails over the truth, save that which Allah wills...' ⁶

(اُنظر) الإختلاف : باب 628 .

(See also: DIFFERENCES: section 628)

3 - مَنعُ الحقِ‏

3. Preventing the truth

5014.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لن تُقَدَّسَ اُمّةٌ لايُؤخَذُ للضَّعيفِ فيها حَقُّهُ مِن القَوِيِّ غيرَ مُتَعتَعٍ .⁷

5014.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A community who does not let the weak uphold his rights from the strong without obstacle will never be sanctified.' ⁸