فَقَالَ لَهُ تُحَاكِمُنِي عَلَى ضَرْبِ الْعُنُقِ فَقَالَ...
فَقَالَ لَهُ تُحَاكِمُنِي عَلَى ضَرْبِ الْعُنُقِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ He -la said to him, ‘Will you go for judgment upon striking of the neck?’ He said, ‘Yes’. فَخَرَجَا فَرَأَيَا مِثَالًا فَوَقَفَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ حَاكَمْتُ هَذَا وَ قَصَّا عَلَيْهِ قِصَّتَهُمَا They went out and saw a similar one. They paused to him. He -la said, ‘If you could judge this one’, and he narrated their story to him’.
قَالَ فَمَسَحَ يَدَيْهِ فَعَادَتَا ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ عُنُقَ ذَلِكَ الْخَبِيثِ وَ قَالَ هَكَذَا الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ. He -asws said: ‘He wiped his hand and it returned (to normal), then he struck off the neck of that wicked one and said, ‘The end-result is for the pious’’.
[13] A Little Deed with Piety is better than more worship without Piety: ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنِ الْجِعَابِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لَا يَقِلُّ مَعَ التَّقْوَى عَمَلٌ وَ كَيْفَ يَقِلُّ مَا يُتَقَبَّلُ.
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Al Jiany, from Ibn Uqdah, from Muhammad Bin Haroun Bin Abdul Rahman, from his father, from Isa Bin Abu Al Warad, from Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Do not belittle a deed with piety, and how can it be little what is Accepted?’’ مع، معاني الأخبار ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّصْرِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ قَالَ يُطَاعُ فَلَا يُعْصَى وَ يُذْكَرُ فَلَا يُنْسَى وَ يُشْكَرُ فَلَا يُكْفَرُ.
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Al Nasr, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Fear Allah as is His right to be feared [3:102] . He -asws said: ‘Obeyed. He should not disobey and be mindful. He should remember and not forget, and he should be thankful and not disbelieve (deny the bounties)’’.
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