(Of ego).
(Of ego).' [^3] 3- إِن النَّبِيَّ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً،فَلَمّا رَجَعُوا قالَ: مَرحَباً بِقُومِ قَضَوَُا الجِهادَ الأَصغَرَ وَ بَقِيَ عَلَيهِمُ الجِهادُ الأَکبَرُ . فقيلَ: يا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الجِهادُ الأَکبَرُ؟ قالَ:جِهادُ النَّفسِ.
(وسائل الشيعة ج 11 ص 122) When the innovations & heretical practices become evident in my ummah it is necessary for the scholar to make his knowledge manifested & open (with regards to making the innovations public) so, curse of Allah be upon the scholar who does not do it.' [^4] 4- اِذا ظَهَرَت البِدَعُ في اُمَّتي فَليُظهِرِ العالِمُ عِلمَهُ فَمَن لَم يَفعَل فَعَلَيهِ لَعنَةُ اللهِ.
(اصول کافی ج1 ص54) Jurisprudents are the trustees of the Prophets (trust worthy & dependable representatives) till such time they have not entered the world (affairs)? One of those present asked ', what is their entry into the world (affairs)? The Prophet said in response to him, 'Following the king, so when they do that beware of them about your religion (guard your religion from them).
[^5] 5- أَلفُقَهاءُ أُمَناءُ الرُّسُلِ ما لَم يَدخُلوا في الدُّنيا، قيلَ يا رَسُولَ اللهِ : وَما دُخُولُهُم فِي الدُّنيا؟ قالَ: اتّباعُ السُّلطانِ فَإذا فَعَلُوا ذلِکَ فَاحذَرُوهُم عَلی دينِکُم. کنز العمال،الحديث 28952 (اصول الکافی ج1 ص46) I do not have the fear of neither the faithful nor polytheist about my ummah. However, the faith of the faithful refrains him from harming the ummah, more over the infidelity of the polytheist will become the cause of his abjectness & repression.
But I am afraid about you (being harmed) from the glib tongued hypocrite. He utters by his tongue what you believe is good & practically he does what you consider bad (vices). (BIHARUL ANWAR. VOL 2, P 110), 6- اِنّي لا اَتَخَوَّفُ عَلی اُمَّتی مؤمِناً وَلا مشرِکاً، فَامَّا المُؤمِنُ فَيَحجُزُهُ اِيمانُهُ واَمّا المُشرِکُ فَيَقمَعُهُ کُفرُهُ، وَلکِن اَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيکُم مُنافِقاً عَليمَ للّسانِ يَقُولُ مَا تَعرِفُونَ وَيَعمَلُ مَا تُنکرُونَ.
( بحارالانوار ج2 ص110) When the resurrection day sets in, a herald (of Allah) calls out, Where are the cruel ones, where are the friends of the cruel ones? And those who put a flake of cotton in their inkpots or tied up a bag for them or mended their pen. So, resurrect them all, together with the tyrants.' [^6] 7ـ اِذا کانَ يََومُ القِيامَةِ نادی مُنادٍ اَينَ الظَّلَمَةٌ وَاعَوانُهُم؟ مَن لاقَ لَهُم دَواةً، اَورَبَطَ لَهُم کِيساً، اَومَدَّ لَهُم مَدَّةَ قَلَمٍ،فَاحشُرُوهُم مَعَهُم.
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