اجْعَلُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَظّاً مِنَ الدُّنْيَا...

اجْعَلُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَظّاً مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِإِعْطَائِهَا مَا تَشْتَهِي مِنَ الْحَلَالِ وَ مَا لَمْ يَثْلِمِ الْمُرُوَّةَ وَ لَا سَرَفَ فِيهِ وَ اسْتَعِينُوا بِذَلِكَ عَلَى أُمُورِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّهُ نَرْوِي لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَرَكَ دُنْيَاهُ لِدِينِهِ وَ دِينَهُ لِدُنْيَاهُ Make for your souls a share from the world by giving it what it desires from the Permissible(s), and what does not damage the personality, nor having extravagance in it, and be assisted with upon matters of the world, for it has been reported: ‘He isn’t from us -asws , one who neglects his world for his religion, nor his religion for his world’.

وَ تَفَقَّهُوا فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَرْوِي مَنْ لَمْ يَتَفَقَّهْ فِي دِينِهِ مَا يُخْطِئُ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا يُصِيبُ فَإِنَّ الْفِقْهَ مِفْتَاحُ الْبَصِيرَةِ وَ تَمَامُ الْعِبَادَةِ وَ السَّبَبُ إِلَى الْمَنَازِلِ الرَّفِيعَةِ وَ حَازَ الْمَرْءُ الْمَرْتَبَةَ الْجَلِيلَةَ فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا And ponder in the religion of Allah -azwj , for it has been reported: ‘One who does not ponder in his religion, what he does wrong will be more than what he gets right’, for the pondering is a key of insight, and completes the worship, and the means to the lofty dwellings, and the person gets the majestic rank in the religion and the world.

فَضْلُ الْفَقِيهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ كَفَضْلِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى الْكَوَاكِبِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَفَقَّهْ فِي دِينِهِ لَمْ يُزَكِّ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَمَلًا. The merit of a pondering one upon the worshipper is like a merit of the sun upon the stars, and the one who does not ponder in his religion, Allah -azwj will not Purify any deed for him’’.

[1] الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي فِيمَا كَتَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى أَهْلِ مِصْرَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا تَجْمَعُ الْخَيْرَ وَ لَا خَيْرَ غَيْرُهَا وَ يُدْرَكُ بِهَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا لَا يُدْرَكُ بِغَيْرِهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – ‘Among what Amir Al-Momineen -asws wrote to the people of Egypt with Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr: ‘Upon you all is with fearing Allah -azwj , for it is a collection of good and there is no good in something else, and the goodness which can be attained by it is what cannot be attained with something else, from the good of the world and the Hereafter.