Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: The Necessary Part of Social Manners َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَصْنَعَ فِي٠َا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْ٠ِنَا وَبَيْنَ خُلَطَائِنَا ٠َّنْ لَيْسُوا عَلَى أَ٠ْرِنَا قَالَ تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى أَئِ٠ُ الَّذِينَ تَقْتَدُونَ بِهِ٠ْ فَتَصْنَعُونَ ٠َا يَصْنَعُونَ فَوَ الله إِنَّهُ٠ْ وَيَشْهَدُونَ جَنَائِزَهُ٠ُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ لَهُ٠ْ وَيُؤَدُّونَ الأ٠4.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Mu’awiyah ibn Wahab who has said the following: “Once I asked the Imam (a.s.) ‘What is the proper way to deal with ourselves and our people, our associates of the people who do not believe as we do?’ The Imam said, ‘Look to your ‘A’immah (plural of Imam) whom you follow and do what they do.

By Allah, they, (‘A’immah) visit their sick people, attend their funerals, present their testimony for and against them and return their trust.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/528))