(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed...
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibn Hashim, from Yahya Bin Abu Imran, from Yunus, from the one who reported it, ‘From Abu Abdullah –asws having said: ‘Most of the worship by Abu Zarr -ra , May Allah –azwj have Mercy upon him -ra , was the contemplation and learning the lesson’’. [40] نهج، نهج البلاغة إِنَّ الْأُمُورَ إِذَا اشْتَبَهَتْ اعْتُبِرَ آخِرُهَا بِأَوَّلِهَا.
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘When the matters are mixed up, then take a lesson for its latter ones with (reference to) its former ones’’. [41] – وَ قَالَ ع مَنِ اعْتَبَرَ أَبْصَرَ وَ مَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَهِمَ وَ مَنْ فَهِمَ عَلِمَ. And he –asws said: ‘One who takes a lesson, (becomes) insightful, and one who is insightful, understands, and one who understands, knows’’. [42] – وَ قَالَ ع مَا أَكْثَرَ الْعِبَرَ وَ أَقَلَّ الِاعْتِبَارَ.
And he –asws said: ‘How plenty are the lessons, and few are the learners’’. [43] – وَ قَالَ ع الْفِكْرُ مِرْآةٌ صَافِيَةٌ وَ الِاعْتِبَارُ مُنْذِرٌ نَاصِحٌ وَ كَفَى أَدَباً لِنَفْسِكَ تَجَنُّبُكَ مَا كَرِهْتَهُ لِغَيْرِكَ. And he –asws said: ‘The contemplation is a clear mirror, and taking the lesson is a warner, an adviser, and it suffices as an education for yourself to shun what you dislike for others’’. [44] – وَ قَالَ ع الْقَلْبُ مُصْحَفُ الْبَصَرِ.
And he –asws said: ‘The heart is a book of insight’’. [45] – وَ قَالَ ع فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ لِلْحَسَنِ ع اسْتَدِلَّ عَلَى مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بِمَا قَدْ كَانَ فَإِنَّ الْأُمُورَ أَشْبَاهٌ وَ لَا تَكُونَنَّ مِمَّنْ لَا تَنْفَعُهُ الْعِظَةُ إِلَّا إِذَا بَالَغْتَ فِي إِيلَامِهِ فَإِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ يَتَّعِظُ بِالْأَدَبِ وَ الْبَهَائِمَ لَا تَتَّعِظُ إِلَّا بِالضَّرْبِ.
And he –asws said in his –asws bequest to Al-Hassan –asws : ‘Be pointed upon what has not happened (yet) with what has (already) happened, for the affairs are similar, and do not be from the ones the preaching does not benefit, except if there is too much in its pain, for the intellectual takes preaching with the education while the beasts do not take preaching except by the beating’’.
[46] معاني الأخبار ل، الخصال فِي خَبَرِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى الْعَاقِلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ سَاعَاتٍ سَاعَةٌ يُنَاجِي فِيهَا رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سَاعَةٌ يُحَاسِبُ فِيهَا نَفْسَهُ وَ سَاعَةٌ يَتَفَكَّرُ فِيمَا صَنَعَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ وَ سَاعَةٌ يَخْلُو فِيهَا بِحَظِّ نَفْسِهِ مِنَ الْحَلَالِ.
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