Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Attraction and Repulsion of Ali (a.s.) Difference in Men Qua Attraction and Repulsion: ( 23 ) For the individual attraction and repulsion, all men are not equal to one another; they are rather divisible in various groups: - Individuals who neither have attraction nor repulsion: They are no body's friends and no body's foes.
They do neither excite any body's love, devotion or friendship, nor do they instigate anybody to animosity, hatred, jealousy and vindictiveness; without being acknowledged they move about amidst men as if a stone happens to be afoot. He is a good-for-nothing and is an infructuous being. A man without any positive point (positive herein is not confined only to virtues, it also covers wretchedness) virtue-wise or vice-wise, is an animal, feeds himself goes to sleep, and moves about amidst men.
Like a sheep, he is no body's friend and no body's foe. If men care about a sheep or serve water and fodder to it, it is just as a measure preparatory to its slaughter, as and when so required. He blows neither trade wind nor otherwise. They are a group rightly called: Cheap individuals, vain and shallow. Man needs friends and needs to befriend and vice-versa, we say man needs foes and needs to be offended. Previous Next