Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: To Revive the Believer ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ٠َنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ فَكَأَنَّ٠ا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَ٠َنْ أَحْياها فَكَأَنَّ٠ا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَ٠َنْ أَخْرَجَهَا ٠ِنْ ضَلالٍ إِلَى هُدًى فَكَأَنَّ٠َا أَحْيَاهَا وَ٠َنْ أَخْرَجَهَا ٠ِنْ هُدًى إِلَى ضَلالٍ فَقَدْ قَتَلَهَا.

However, to save a life would be as great a virtue as to save all of mankind...’ (5:32) “The Imam said, ‘Whoever takes people from straying to guidance, has given them life. Whoever takes people from guidance to straying, it is as if he has murdered all of them.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/149))