765 - ما يورِثُ الذُّلَ‏

765. THAT WHICH BRINGS ABOUT DISGRACE

2380.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا ضَنَّ الناسُ بالدِّينارِ والدِّرهَمِ وتَبايَعُوا بالعِينَةِ وتَبِعُوا أذنابَ البَقَرِ وتَرَكُوا الجِهادَ في سبيلِ اللَّهِ ، أدخَلَ اللَّهُ علَيهِم ذُلّاً لا يَرفَعُهُ عَنهُم حتّى‏ يُراجِعُوا دِينَهُم .¹

2380.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When people are miserly with their dinars and their dirhams [i.e. their wealth] and conclude bargains only upon sampling, and are too busy running after their livestock, and abandon fighting in the way of Allah (jihad), Allah brings down such disgrace upon them that can never be revoked until they turn back to their religion.' ²

2381.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أذَلُّ الناسِ مَن أهانَ الناسَ .³

2381.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most disgraceful of people is he who humiliates others.' ⁴

2382.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الناسُ مِن خَوفِ الذُّلِّ مُتَعَجِّلُو الذُّلِّ .⁵

2382.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'People, in their effort to avoid disgrace, rush headlong into it.' ⁶

2383.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : رَضِيَ بِالذُّلِّ مَن كَشَفَ عن ضُرِّهِ .⁷

2383.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who discloses his problems to others resigns himself to disgrace.' ⁸

2384.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لا ذُلَّ كَذُلِّ الطَّمَعِ .⁹

2384.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'There is no disgrace worse than that of greed.' ¹⁰

2385.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن أحَبَّ الحياةَ ذَلَّ .¹¹

2385.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who loves life is bound to face disgrace.' ¹²

2386.كشف الغمة : وفي نَقلٍ : شَكا إلى‏ أبي عَبدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام رجُلٌ جارَهُ فَقالَ : اِصبِرْ عَليهِ ، فقالَ : يَنسُبُنِي الناسُ إلى الذُّلِّ ، فقالَ : إنّما الذليلُ مَن ظَلَمَ .¹³

2386. Someone once came to one of the Imams (AS) complaining about a man who was wronging him. The Imam (AS) replied, 'Be patient with him.' The man retorted, 'But people are taking me for a disgraced fool.' The Imam replied, 'The disgraced one is actually the one who wrongs others.' ¹⁴

764 - لا يَنبَغي لِلمُؤمِنِ أن يُذِلَّ نفسَهُ‏

764. A BELIEVER MUST NEVER DISGRACE HIMSELF

2377.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أقَرَّ بالذُّلِّ طائعاً فَلَيسَ مِنّا أهلَ البيتِ .¹

2377.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever succumbs to degrading himself is not considered from among us, the Ahl al-bayt.' ²

2378.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ اللَّهَ تَبارَكَ وتعالى‏ فَوَّضَ إلى المؤمنِ كُلَّ شي‏ءٍ إلّا إذلالَ نَفسِهِ .³

2378.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, has placed everything at the disposal of the believer except that which brings disgrace upon him.' ⁴

2379.مشكاة الأنوار عن داوود الرَّقّي : سمعتُ أبا عبدِاللَّهِ عليه السلام يقولُ : لا يَنبَغي للمؤمنِ أن يُذِلَّ نفسَهُ ، قيلَ لَهُ : وكيفَ يُذِلُّ نَفسَهُ ؟ قالَ : يَتَعَرَّضُ لِما لايُطيقُ فَيُذِلُّها .⁵

2379.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A believer must never disgrace himself.' When asked by someone how this disgrace comes about, he replied, 'By going out of his way to obtain that which is beyond his control, he ends up disgracing himself.' ⁶