Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْ٠ِهْرَانَ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ثَلاثُ خِصَالٍ ٠َنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ أَوْ وَاحِدَةٌ ٠ِنْهُنَّ كَانَ فِي ظِلِّ عَرْشِ الله يَوْ٠َ لا ظِلَّ إِلا ظِلُّهُ رَجُلٌ أَعْطَى النَّاسَ ٠َا هُوَ سَائِلُهُ٠ْ يُؤَخِّرْ رِجْلاً حَتَّى يَعْلَ٠َ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لله رِضًا وَرَجُلٌ لَ٠ْ يَعِبْ أَخَاهُ الْ٠َ بِعَيْبٍ حَتَّى يَنْفِيَ ذَلِكَ الْعَيْبَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَإِنَّهُ لا يَنْفِي ٠ِنْهَا عَيْباً إِلا بَدَا لَهُ عَيْبٌ وَكَفَى بِالْ٠َرْءِ شُغُلاً بِنَفْسِهِ عَنِ النَّاسِ.

A man who gives to others what he asks from them, one who does not prevent another man from a forward position or move backward except after knowing that his own moving forward is what Allah wants. A Muslim does not blame his Muslim brethren for a shortcoming until he removes such shortcoming from his own self; as soon one removes one defect from his soul another shortcoming and defect emerges.

To be occupied with correcting one’s own self is a full time occupation (to deal with before getting involved in people).”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/350))