335 - التَّقليد

335. EMULATION (taqlid)

1559 - التَّقليدُ المَذمومُ‏

1559. DISPARAGED EMULATION

(وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعالَوْا إِلَى‏ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ قالُوا حَسْبُنا ما وَجَدْنا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنا أَوَلَوْ كانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئاً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ) .¹

"And when they are told, "Come to what Allah has sent down and [come] to the Apostle", they say, "Sufficient for us is what we have found our fathers following." What, even if their fathers did not know anything and were not guided?" ²

5353.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (اتَّخَذُوا أحْبارَهُم ورُهْبانَهُم أرباباً مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ) - : واللَّهِ ما صَلَّوا لَهُم ولا صامُوا ، ولكنَّهُم أحَلُّوا لَهُم حَراماً ، وحَرَّموا علَيهِم حَلالاً فاتَّبَعُوهُم .³

5353. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "They have taken their scribes and their monks as lords besides Allah" ⁴ , said, 'By Allah, they did not pray to them nor did they fast for them, rather they permitted for them the prohibited and prohibited the permitted and people followed them.' ⁵

5354.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لِرجُلٍ مِن أصحابِهِ - : لا تَكونَنَّ إمَّعةً ، تقولُ : أنا مَع الناسِ وأنا كَواحِدٍ مِن الناسِ !⁶

5354. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), speaking to one of his companions said, 'Do not be toady, saying, 'I am with the people and I am one of the people!' ⁷

(اُنظر) الناس : باب 1775 .

(See also: PEOPLE: section 1775)

1558 - ما يَجلِي القَلبَ‏

1558. WHAT POLISHES THE HEART

5349.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ هذهِ القُلوبَ تَصدَأُ كما يَصدأُ الحَديدُ إذا أصابَهُ الماءُ . قيلَ : وما جَلاؤها ؟ قالَ : كَثرَةُ ذِكرِ المَوتِ، وتِلاوَةِ القرآنِ .¹

5349.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily these hearts rust like metal rusts when exposed to water.' He was asked, 'And what can polish them?' He said, 'Remembering death much, and reciting the Quran.' ²

5350.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : جَلاءُ هذهِ القُلوبِ ذِكرُ اللَّهِ وتِلاوَةُ القرآنِ .³

5350.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The polish of these hearts is the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Quran.' ⁴

5351.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أحْيِ قَلبَكَ بالمَوعِظَةِ ... ونَوِّرْهُ بالحِكمَةِ .⁵

5351.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Revive your heart with exhortations...and enlighten it with wisdom.' ⁶

5352.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ للقُلوبِ صَداءً كصَداءِ النُّحاسِ ، فاجلُوها بالاستِغفارِ .⁷

5352.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Hearts have rust like the rust of copper so polish them with seeking forgiveness.' ⁸