وَ الْجِهَادُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ شُعَبٍ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ...

وَ الْجِهَادُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ شُعَبٍ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الصِّدْقِ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ وَ شَنَآنِ الْفَاسِقِينَ فَمَنْ أَمَرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ شَدَّ ظَهْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ مَنْ نَهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ أَرْغَمَ أَنْفَ الْمُنَافِقِ وَ أَمِنَ كَيْدَهُ وَ مَنْ صَدَقَ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ قَضَى الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ شَنِئَ الْفَاسِقِينَ غَضِبَ لِلَّهِ وَ مَنْ غَضِبَ لِلَّهِ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ And the Jihād is upon four branches – Upon the enjoining of the good, and forbidding from the evil, and the truthfulness in the places, and shunning the transgressors.

So the one who enjoins with the goodness would strengthen the back of the Momin , and the one who forbids from the evil would grind the nose of the hypocrites and thwart his plots, and the one who is truthful in the places, it would come to pass, that which is upon him, and the one who shuns the transgressors would be angered for the Sake of Allah -azwj , and the one who is angered for the Sake of Allah -azwj , Allah -azwj would get Angered for him (against his enemies).

فَذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ وَ دَعَائِمُهُ وَ شُعَبُهُ . So that is the Emān and its pillars and its branches.

[3] Definition of Amr Bin Marouf by the 6 th Imam -asws : كنز: روى الشيخ المفيد قدس الله روحه بإسناده إلى محمد بن السائب الكلبي قال: لما قدم الصادق (عليه السلام) العراق نزل الحيرة فدخل عليه أبو حنيفة وسأله عن مسائل وكان مما سأله أن قال له: جعلت فداك ما الامر بالمعروف ؟ It is reported by Sheykh Al Mufeed, may Allah -azwj Sanctify his soul, by his chain going up to Muhammad Bin Al Saib Al Kalby who said, ‘When Al-Sadiq -asws proceeded to Al-Iraq, he -asws encamped at Al-Hira.

Abu Haneefa came to him -asws and asked him about certain issues, and it was from what he asked him -asws , that he said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! What is ‘Amr Bin Marouf’ (enjoining of the good)?’ فقال (عليه السلام): المعروف يا أبا حنيفة المعروف في أهل السماء المعروف في أهل الارض وذاك أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام).

He -asws said: ‘المعروف’ Al-Marouf’, O Abu Haneefa, is the one well-known among the people of the sky and the one well-known among the people of the earth, and that is Amir Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’. قال: جعلت فداك فما المنكر ؟ قال: اللذان ظلماه حقه وابتزاه أمره، وحملا الناس على كتفه. May I be sacrificed for you -asws !

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