وَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَرَرْتُ...
وَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَخْمِشُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ بِأَظَافِيرِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَغْتَابُونَ النَّاسَ وَ يَقَعُونَ فِي أَعْرَاضِهِمْ. And from Anas (a well-known fabricator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘On the night of my -saww Ascension I -saww passed by a group scratching their faces with their finger-nails. I -saww said: ‘O Jibraeel -as !
Who are they?’ He -as said: ‘They are those who were backbiting the people and talking badly about their honour’’. وَ عَنْهُ قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَذَكَرَ الرِّبَا وَ عَظَّمَ شَأْنَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الدِّرْهَمَ يُصِيبُهُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الرِّبَا أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فِي الْخَطِيئَةِ مِنْ سِتٍّ وَ ثَلَاثِينَ زَنْيَةً يَزْنِيهَا الرَّجُلُ وَ إِنَّ أَرْبَى الرِّبَا عِرْضُ الرَّجُلِ الْمُسْلِمِ And from him -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww addressed us.
He -saww mentioned the usury (interest) and the grievousness of its affair. He -saww said: ‘The (one) Dirham a man achieved from the interest is more grievous in the Presence of Allah -azwj in the sins than thirty-six adulteries adultery a man commits, and the most growth is the honour of the Muslim man. وَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ أَنَّ الْمُغْتَابَ إِذَا تَابَ فَهُوَ آخِرُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ.
And Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to Musa Bin Imran -as : “The backbiter when he repents, he would be the last one to enter the Paradise, and if he does not repent, he will be the first one to enter the Fire’’.
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ عِيسَى ع مَرَّ وَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ عَلَى جِيفَةِ كَلْبٍ فَقَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ مَا أَنْتَنَ رِيحَ هَذَا- فَقَالَ عِيسَى ع مَا أَشَدَّ بَيَاضَ أَسْنَانِهِ كَأَنَّهُ يَنْهَاهُمْ عَنْ غِيبَةِ الْكَلْبِ وَ يُنَبِّهُهُمْ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا يُذْكَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَحْسَنُهُ. And it is reported that Isa -as and the disciples passed by a carcass of a dog.
The disciples said, ‘How stinky is the smell of this!’ Isa -as said: ‘How intense is the whiteness of its teeth!’ It is as if he -as had forbidden them from backbiting the dog and informed them upon that one should not mention any creature of Allah -azwj except goodly’’. وَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا رُوِيَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَلَمَّا وَلَّتْ أَوْمَأْتُ بِيَدِي أَيْ قَصِيرَةٌ فَقَالَ ص اغْتَبْتِيهَا.
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