321 - الفضل‏

321. MERIT

1481 - الفَضائِلُ‏

1481. Merits

5021.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الفَضيلَةُ بحُسنِ الكَمالِ ومَكارِمِ الأفعالِ ، لا بكَثرَةِ المالِ وجَلالَةِ الأعمالِ .¹

5021.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Merits come through good perfection [of character] and noble actions, and not through excess money and eminent feats.' ²

5022.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فَضيلَةُ السادَةِ حُسنُ العِبادَةِ.³

5022.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The merit of chiefs lies in the goodness of their worship.' ⁴

5023.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: فالمُتَّقُونَ فيها هُم أهلُ الفَضائلِ: مَنطِقُهُمُ الصَّوابُ ، ومَلبَسُهُمُ الاقتِصادُ .⁵

5023.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'So the pious among them are the people of merits; their speech is truth and their dress is moderate.' ⁶

5024.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لَقَد أخَذَ بجَوامِعِ الفَضلِ مَن رَفَعَ نفسَهُ عن سُوءِ المُجازاةِ .⁷

5024.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who lifts his head [i.e. holds himself] from misjudging has acquired the sum of all the merits.' ⁸

5025.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أحسَنَ إلى‏ مَن أساءَ إلَيهِ فقد أخَذَ بجَوامِعِ الفَضلِ .⁹

5025.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who is good to one who does bad to him has attained all merits.' ¹⁰

5026.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: كُن عَفُوّاً في قُدرَتِكَ ، جَواداً في عُسرَتِكَ ، مُؤْثِراً مَعَ فاقَتِكَ ؛ يَكمُلْ لكَ الفَضلُ .¹¹

5026.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Be forgiving with your power, generous in spite of your own hardship and selflessness [preferring others over yourselves] in spite of your own neediness, and your virtue will be perfected.' ¹²

5027.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : إذا كانَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ تبارَكَ وتعالَى الأوَّلينَ والآخِرينَ في صَعيدٍ واحِدٍ ، ثُمّ يُنادِي مُنادٍ : أينَ أهلُ الفَضلِ ؟ قالَ : فَيَقومُ عُنُقٌ مِن الناسِ ، فَتَلقّاهُم المَلائكةُ فيَقولونَ : وما كانَ فَضلُكُم ؟ فيَقولونَ : كنّا نَصِلُ مَن قَطَعَنا ، ونُعطِي مَن حَرَمَنا ، ونَعفُو عَمَّن ظَلَمَنا ، فيقالُ لَهُم : صَدَقتُم، ادخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ .¹³

5027. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'When the Day of Judgment comes Allah, Blessed and most High, will gather the first and the last of creation in one place. A caller will cry out, 'Where are the people of merit?' The Imam then said, 'Then a group of people will rise, and the angels will receive them asking them, 'What were your merits?' They will say, 'We used to visit those who cut us off, give to those who deprived us, and forgive those who oppressed us.' It will then be said to them, 'You have spoken the truth. Enter Paradise.' ¹⁴

5028.الإمامُ الجوادُ عليه السلام : الفَضائلُ أربَعةُ أجناسٍ : أحَدُها : الحِكمَةُ ، وقِوامُها في الفِكرَةِ ، والثاني : العِفَّةُ ، وقِوامُها في الشَّهوَةِ ، والثالثُ : القُوَّةُ ، وقِوامُها في الغَضَبِ ، والرابِعُ : العَدلُ ، وقِوامُهُ في اعتِدالِ قُوَى النفسِ .¹⁵

5028.Imam al-Jawad (AS) said, 'There are four types of merits: the first is wisdom, and its basis is thinking. The second is chastity, and its basis is desire. The third is power, and its basis is anger. The fourth is justice, and its basis is moderation in the faculties of the self.' ¹⁶

1480 - ما يَدفَعُ الفَسادَ

1480. THAT WHICH REPELS CORRUPTION

5018.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لولا عِبادٌ للَّهِ‏ِ¹ رُكَّعٌ ، وصِبيانٌ رُضَّعٌ ، وبَهائمُ رُتَّعٌ ، لَصُبَّ علَيكُمُ العَذابُ صَبّاً .²

5018.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Were it not for the praying servants of Allah, the young suckling children, and the grazing animals, punishment would pour down on you.' ³

5019.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لو أنَّ الناسَ حينَ تَنزِلُ بِهِمُ النِّقَمُ ، وتَزولُ عَنهُمُ النِّعَمُ ، فَزِعُوا إلى‏ رَبِّهم بِصِدقٍ مِن نِيّاتِهِم ، وَوَلَهٍ مِن قُلوبِهِم ، لَرَدَّ علَيهِم كُلَّ شارِدٍ، وأصلَحَ لَهُم كُلَّ فاسِدٍ .⁴

5019.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If people were to fear and return to their Lord when calamities befall them and blessings are taken away from them, returning with truth in their intentions, and reverence in their hearts, He would return to them every runaway and loss, and correct for them every corrupt.' ⁵

5020.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ اللَّهَ (لَ)يَدفَعُ بِمَن يُصَلِّي مِن شيعَتِنا عَمَّن لا يُصَلِّي مِن شِيعَتِنا ولو أجمَعُوا على‏ تَركِ الصلاةِ لَهَلَكُوا ، وإنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَدفَعُ بمَن يُزَكِّي مِن شيعَتِنا عَمَّن لايُزَكِّي ... وهو قولُ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ : (ولَولا دَفعُ اللَّهِ الناسَ بَعضَهُم بِبَعضٍ لَفَسَدَتِ الأَرضُ) .⁶

5020.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah repels [corruption] from those of our followers who do not pray, with those of our followers who do pray, and if they were to all agree to not pray, they would be destroyed. And verily Allah repels [chastisement] from those of our followers who do not pay the alms-tax with those of our followers who do pay the alms-tax. And this is the purport of Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "Were it not for Allah's repelling the people by means of one another, the earth would surely have been corrupted." ⁷⁸