Chapter 9 - On Becoming Friends

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hadith 1214

Abdullah ibn San'an narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) said

“Blessed be –Tooba- the one who is not known by the people, but he knows the people. And blessed be the one who physically associates with the people but does not wholeheartedly agrees with their deeds. The people have only known him on the surface, but he has known them deeply.”

عن عبد الله بن سنان عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

طوبى لعبد نومة عرف الناس، فصاحبهم ببدنه ولم يصاحبهم في أعمالهم بقلبه، فعرفوه في الظاهر وعرفهم في الباطن.

hadith 1220

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “God has ordered me to treat the people with kindness just as He has ordered me to do what is obligatory.”

قال (صلى الله عليه وآله) أمرني ربي بمداراة الناس كما أمرني بأداء الفرائض.

hadith 1228

Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “Do not approach or make friends with the fools, the misers, the cowards, or the liars. Fools will harm you instead of benefiting you. Misers will take things from you and not give you anything in return. Cowards will run away from you and their parents. Liars will testify but will not tell the truth.”

قال الباقر (عليه السلام): لا تقارن ولا تؤاخ أربعة: الأحمق، والبخيل، والجبان والكذاب، أما الأحمق فإنه يريد أن ينفعك فيضرك، وأما البخيل فإنه يأخذ منك ولا يعطيك، وأما الجبان فإنه يهرب عنك وعن والديه، وأما الكذاب فإنه يصدق ولا يصدق.

hadith 1229

The Prophet (a.s) told Imam Hussein (a.s): “Perform what is divinely obligatory to be the most virtuous, be content with what is divinely destined to be the most self-sufficient. Avoid the divinely forbidden to be the most pious. Treat your neighbors kindly to be among the believers, and treat your companions with kindness to be a Muslim.”

قال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) للحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام): اعمل بفرائض الله تكن أتقى الناس، وارض بما قسم الله تكن أغنى الناس، وكف عن محارم الله تكن أورع الناس، وأحسن مجاورة من جاورك تكن مؤمنا، وأحسن مصاحبة من صاحبك تكن مسلما.

hadith 1230

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Associating with religious people results in honor in this world and the Hereafter.”

وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): مجالسة أهل الدين شرف الدنيا والآخرة.