قَالَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ...

قَالَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ انْتِظَارَ الصَّلَاةِ عِبَادَةٌ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ He -asws said: ‘And Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The sitting in the Masjid awaiting the Salat is (an act of) worship, for as long as the occurrence does not happen’. قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا يُحْدِثُ ‘It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! And what is the occurrence?’ قَالَ الِاغْتِيَابَ‏. He -saww said: ‘The backbiting’’.

[9] Imam -asws rebukes a backbiter (who reports an illicit talk): الإحتجاج عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِنَّ فُلَاناً يَنْسُبُكَ إِلَى أَنَّكَ ضَالٌّ مُبْتَدِعٌ (The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Abdullah Bin Sinan, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘A man said to Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , ‘So and so attributes you -asws to that you -asws are a straying innovator!’ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ مَا رَعَيْتَ حَقَّ مُجَالَسَةِ الرَّجُلِ حَيْثُ نَقَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا حَدِيثَهُ وَ لَا أَدَّيْتَ حَقِّي حَيْثُ أَبْلَغْتَنِي عَنْ أَخِي مَا لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُهُ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ يَعُمُّنَا وَ الْبَعْثَ مَحْشَرُنَا وَ الْقِيَامَةَ مَوْعِدُنَا وَ اللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَنَا Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said to him: ‘You have not taken care of sitting with the man whereby you narrated his narration to us -asws , nor did you fulfil my -asws right whereby you delivered to me -asws from my -asws brother what I -asws didn’t know.

The death will generalise us, and the Resurrection will raise us, and the Qiyamah is our meeting place, and Allah -azwj will Judge between us. إِيَّاكَ وَ الْغِيبَةَ فَإِنَّهَا إِدَامُ كِلَابِ النَّارِ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ عُيُوبِ النَّاسِ شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِكْثَارُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَطْلُبُهَا بِقَدْرِ مَا فِيهِ‏.