It ( Emān ) is the highest in degree among the deeds...

It ( Emān ) is the highest in degree among the deeds, the most valuable among them and the top-most among them in (matters of) Reward.’ وَ قَالَ وَ إِذا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِراماً Allah has Said: and when they pass by the vanities, they pass by nobly [25:72] .

فَهَذَا مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى السَّمْعِ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ أَنْ لَا يُصْغِيَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ وَ هُوَ عَمَلُهُ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ This is what Allah -azwj has Made obligatory for the ears in relation to Emān ; that they must not listen to what is unlawful to hear, and such matters are of its deeds, which is of Emān .

[31] سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ لَنَا أَيْنَ نَزَلْتُمْ فَقُلْنَا عَلَى فُلَانٍ صَاحِبِ الْقِيَانِ فَقَالَ كُونُوا كِرَاماً Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Saeed Bin Janaah, from Hammad, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz who said, ‘We lodged at Al-Medina, so we went over to Abu Abdullah -asws , so he -asws said to us: ‘Where are you lodged at?’ So we said, ‘At so and so, the owner of the singing slave-girls’.

He -asws said: ‘Be honourable’. فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا مَا أَرَادَ بِهِ وَ ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ تَفَضَّلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَعُدْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّا لَا نَدْرِي مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ كُونُوا كِرَاماً So, by Allah -azwj , we did not know what he -asws intended by it, and we thought that he -asws was saying that we should be graceful upon it. So we returned to him -asws , and we said, ‘We do not know what you -asws intended by your -asws words: ‘Be honourable’’.

فَقَالَ أَ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ إِذا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِراماً . So he -asws said: ‘Have you all not heard the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic in His -azwj Book: and when they pass by the vanities, they pass by nobly [25:72] ?’ [32] [1] Nahjul Balagha, saying no.

20 [2] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ الْوُقُوفُ عِنْدَ الشُّبْهَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِاقْتِحَامِ فِي الْهَلَكَةِ وَ تَرْكُكَ حَدِيثاً لَمْ تُرْوَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رِوَايَتِكَ حَدِيثاً لَمْ تُحْصِهِ.