Ali Bin Ibrahim...
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘No, by Allah -azwj ! Allah -azwj will not Accept anything from his obedience, upon his persistence upon something from his disobedience’.
[3] وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَصْلُ الدِّينِ الْوَرَعُ كُنْ وَرِعاً تَكُنْ أَعْبَدَ النَّاسِ وَ كُنْ بِالْعَمَلِ بِالتَّقْوَى أَشَدَّ اهْتِمَاماً مِنْكَ بِالْعَمَلِ بِغَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقِلُّ عَمَلٌ بِالتَّقْوَى وَ كَيْفَ يَقِلُّ عَمَلٌ يُتَقَبَّلُ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّما يَتَقَبَّلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ And the Prophet -saww said: ‘A principle of religion is the devoutness (piety).
Be devout, you will become the most worshipping of the people, and be more attentive with the deeds with the piety than with the deeds with something else. Do not belittle a deed with the piety, and how can an Accepted deed be little, due to the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘But rather, Allah only Accepts from the pious ones [5:27] ’. وَ فِي الْوَحْيِ الْقَدِيمِ الْعَمَلُ مَعَ أَكْلِ الْحَرَامِ كَنَاقِلِ الْمَاءِ فِي الْمُنْخُلِ.
And in the preceding Revelation: ‘The deed with consuming the Prohibited is like the carrier of water in the sieve’’. [4] وَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: لَيَجِيئَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ كَجِبَالِ تِهَامَةَ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ And from the Prophet -saww having said: ‘A people will be coming on the Day of Qiyamah, for them would be from the good deeds like mount Tihama. He -azwj will Command with them to the Fire!
’ فَقِيلَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَ مُصَلُّونَ It was said, ‘O Prophet -saww of Allah -azwj ! Would they be the praying ones?’ قَالَ كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ وَ يَصُومُونَ وَ يَأْخُذُونَ وَهْناً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لَكِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا لَاحَ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَثَبُوا عَلَيْهِ.
He -asws said: ‘They had been praying Salat, and fasting, and they were taking weakness from the night (by holding vigil), but they were such, whenever something from the world (from illegitimate) become apparent to them, they leapt upon it’’ . [5] ضا، فقه الرضا عليه السلام أَرْوِي مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَعَزَّ النَّاسِ فَلْيَتَّقِ اللَّهَ فِي سِرِّهِ وَ عَلَانِيَتِهِ.
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza -asws ’, may the greetings be upon him -asws – ‘It is reported, ‘The one who wants to become most honourable of the people, let him fear Allah -azwj in his secrecy and his openness’’.
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