Bury along with them that particular ascetic by whom the...

Bury along with them that particular ascetic by whom the Order of Allah -azwj is known?’ Allah -azwj the Almighty Said: ‘In fact, bury him before the others’. He -as asked the Lord -azwj : ‘O Lord -azwj ! I do not know him to be like that, and he is an ascetic worshipper?’ He -azwj Said: ‘He had the ability to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and was overwhelmed in his love for them over My -azwj Anger to them (so did not stop them from evil)’.

فقالوا: يا رسول الله وكيف بنا ونحن لا نقدر على إنكار ما نشاهده من منكر؟ فقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): لتأمرن بالمعروف ولتنهن عن المنكر، أو ليعمنكم عقاب الله، ثم قال: من رأى منكم منكرا فلينكره بيده إن استطاع، فان لم يستطع فبلسانه فان لم يستطع فبقلبه، فحسبه أن يعلم الله من قلبه إنه لذلك كاره. They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah -saww !

And how is it for us when we have no power to stop the evil that we witness being committed?’ The Messenger of Allah -saww : ‘Either you enjoin good and forbid evil or there will be Punishment of Allah -azwj on you’. Then he -saww said: ‘If any one of you sees evil being committed, he should try to stop it with his hands, if possible, and if he is not able to then denounce it by his tongue, and if even that is not possible, then he should (reject it) by his heart.

This is sufficient for him as Allah -azwj Knows the state of his heart that he abhorred it’. [2] بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْأَوَّلِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ الْإِيمَانَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ دَعَائِمَ عَلَى الصَّبْرِ وَ الْيَقِينِ وَ الْعَدْلِ وَ الْجِهَادِ By the former chain, from Ibn Mahboub, rom Yaqoub Al Sarraj, from Jabir, Abu Ja’far -asws has said: ‘Amir Al- Momin een -asws was asked about the Emān .

So he -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Made the Emān to be upon four foundations – Upon the patience, and the conviction, and the justice, and the Jihad.

فَالصَّبْرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ شُعَبٍ عَلَى الشَّوْقِ وَ الْإِشْفَاقِ وَ الزُّهْدِ وَ التَّرَقُّبِ فَمَنِ اشْتَاقَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ سَلَا عَنِ الشَّهَوَاتِ وَ مَنْ أَشْفَقَ مِنَ النَّارِ رَجَعَ عَنِ الْمُحَرَّمَاتِ وَ مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمُصِيبَاتُ وَ مَنْ رَاقَبَ الْمَوْتَ سَارَعَ إِلَى الْخَيْرَاتِ So the patience from that, is upon four branches – The desire, and the fear, and the ascetism, and the vigilance.

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