Chapter 5 - On The Sufferings of Believers

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Trials and Afflictions 13 Enemies/Hostility 9 Satan/Iblis 6 Patience 6 Neighbors 5 Good Company 4 Qur'an 4 Good Temper 3 Envy (Hasad) 3 Hypocrisy 3 Prophet Muhammad 3 Imam Muhammad al-Baqir 2 Ahl al-Bayt 2 Brotherhood 2 Day of Judgment 2 Love 2 Previous Nations 2 Death 1 Etiquette 1 Relatives/Kinship 1 The Twelve Imams 1 Children 1 Prophet Musa (Moses) 1 Humility 1 Gratitude 1 Covenant/Promise 1 Disbelief/Kufr 1 Prophet Isa (Jesus) 1 Parables/Examples (Amthal) 1 Oppression 1 Signs of God (Ayat) 1 Secrets/Concealment 1 Supplication 1 Forgiveness 1

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hadith 1660

Imam Sadiq (a.s) quoted on the authority of God's Prophet (a.s): “God the Almighty said

“Whoever bothers My believing servants has declared war against Me. Whoever honors My believing servants will be secure from My Wrath. If only one believer and one just leader remain on the Earth from the East to the West from all My creatures, that will be sufficient for Me to maintain the heavens and the Earth, and I will need none of what I have created on the Earth. I will establish a companion from their faith for them such that they never feel they need anyone else.”

عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): قال الله تبارك وتعالى: ليأذن بحرب مني من آذى عبدي المؤمن، وليأمن غضبي من أكرم عبدي المؤمن، ولو لم يكن من خلقي في الأرض ما بين المشرق والمغرب إلا مؤمن واحد مع إمام عادل لاستغنيت بهما عن جميع ما خلقت في أرضي، ولقامت سبع سماوات وأرضين بهما، وجعلت لهما من إيمانهما انسا لا يحتاجان إلى انس سواهما.

hadith 1661

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer is always faced with either another believer who is jealous of him- this being the easiest problem, or a hypocrite who is always in his pursuit, or an enemy who is fighting him, or a Satan who fools him.”

قال (عليه السلام): أربعة لا يخلو منهن المؤمن أو واحدة منهن: مؤمن يحسده وهي أيسرهن، ومنافق يقفو إثره، وعدو يجاهده، وشيطان يفتنه.

hadith 1670

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “If you want to be among my believing brothers and companions, you must prepare yourselves for the people's hatred and animosity. Otherwise you are not amongst my companions.”

عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

إذا أردتم أن تكونوا إخواني وأصحابي فوطنوا أنفسكم على العداوة والبغضاء من الناس وإلا فلستم لي بأصحاب.

hadith 1672

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God likes people whom others treat with enmity.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

ما أحب الله عبدا إلا أغرى به هذا الخلق.

hadith 1673

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer's faith is not proved unless he is even worse than a donkey's corpse in the eyes of the public.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

لا يكون المؤمن مؤمنا حتى يكون أبغض عند الناس من جيفة حمار.

hadith 1674

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God will place a believer in situations where others will not accept his words, and when fighting with the enemies he will not be justly dealt with.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

إن الله جعل المؤمن على أن لا يقبل قوله ولا ينتصف من عدوه.

hadith 1675

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God has placed believers as a target for His enemies: “Then God saved him from (every) ill that they plotted (against him).” [The Holy Quran: Mu-min 40:45] Know that by God the enemies surrounded him and killed him, but God protected His religion from any attacks.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

إن الله جعل المؤمن في الدنيا غرضا لعدوه في قوله عز وجل: ﴿فوقاه الله سيئات ما مكروا﴾ فقال: أما والله لقد بسطوا عليه فقتلوه، ولكن وقاه أن يفتنوه في دينه.

hadith 1676

Mufaz'zil ibn Umar narrated that

a man came to Imam Sadiq (a.s) when Umar was also there and said: “Our ancestors believed that when God loves someone, there is a Heavenly call that announces: “God loves him, therefore you love him too”, and God makes everyone love him; and whenever God is angry with someone, there is a Heavenly call that announces: “God is angry with him and you be angry with him too”, and God makes everyone angry with him.” Then Imam Sadiq (a.s) who was leaning (on the pillow) sat up straight and shook his sleeves and said: “It is not so. When God loves someone, he will test other people by him, so others say things about him and he gets rewarded, and they commit a sin. When God is angry with someone, He will place his love in the people's heart so that they say things about him which are not right and both he and they commit a sin. Who was dearer to God than John the son of Zacharia? God excited some people against him and they killed him. Who is dearer to God than Hussein, the son of Ali (a.s)? God excited some people and they killed him. No. It is not as you say.”

عن المفضل بن عمر قال

قال رجل لأبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) - وأنا عنده -: إن من قبلنا يقولون: إن الله إذا أحب عبدا نوه منوه باسمه من السماء: إن الله يحب فلانا فأحبوه، فيلقي الله محبته في قلوب العباد، وإذا أبغض عبدا نوه منوه باسمه من السماء: إن الله يبغض فلانا فأبغضوه، فيلقي الله له البغضاء في قلوب العباد. قال: وكان أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام) متكئا فاستوى قاعدا ثم نفض كمه وقال: ليس هكذا، ولكن إذا أحب الله عبدا أغرى به الناس ليقولوا فيه ما يؤجره ويؤثمهم، وإذا أبغض عبدا ألقى المحبة في قلوب العباد ليقولوا فيه ما ليس فيه فيؤثمهم وإياه، ثم قال (عليه السلام): من كان أحب إلى الله من يحيى بن زكريا؟ ثم أغرى به جميع من رأيت حتى صنعوا به ما صنعوا، ومن كان أحب إلى الله من الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام)؟ ثم أغرى به من أغرى من الناس حتى قتلوه، ليس كما قالوا.

hadith 1681

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There has not been and will not be any Prophets or believers without a relative or a neighbor to hurt him. This is what is meant by the Almighty God's statement: “Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the sinners.” [The Holy Quran: Furqan 25:31]

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

ما كان ولا يكون وليس بكائن نبي ولا مؤمن إلا وقد سلط عليه حميم يؤذيه، فإن لم يكن حميم فجار يؤذيه، وذلك قوله عز وجل: ﴿وكذلك جعلنا لكل نبي عدوا من المجرمين﴾.