hadith
599
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, He (‘a) said regarding those who enjoin good and forbid evil: From among them there is one who disapproves of evil with his hand, tongue and heart. He is the one who has perfectly attained [all the] virtuous qualities. And among them there is one who disapproves of evil with his tongue and heart but not with his hand. He is the one who has attained only two virtuous qualities but lacks one. And among them there is the third one who disapproves of evil with his heart but not with his tongue and hand. He is the one who lacks the two better qualities out of three and possesses only one. Then, among them there is he who does not disapprove of evil with his tongue, heart or hand. He is just [like] a dead man among the living. All the virtuous deeds, including fighting in the way of Allah, when compared to the act of enjoining good and forbidding evil, are just like drops in the ocean. Enjoining good and forbidding evil does not bring death nearer, nor does it decrease sustenance. And better than all this is a just word in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وقال ـ عليه السّلام ـ في ذِكْرِ الآمرينَ بالمَعْرُوفِ والناهينَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ: فَمِنْهُمُ المُنْكِرُ لِلْمُنْكَرِ بِيَدِهِ وَ لِسانِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ فَذلِكَ المُستَكْمِلُ لِخِصالِ الخَيْرِ ومِنْهُمْ المُنكِرُ بِلسانِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ والتَّارِكُ بِيَدِهِ فذلِكَ المُتَمَسِّكُ بِخَصلَتَينِ مِنْ خِصالِ الخَيْرِ وَ مُضَيِّعُ خَصلَة وَ مِنْهمْ المُنكِرُ بِقَلبِهِ وَ التَّارِكُ بِلِسانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ فذلِكَ مُضَيِّعٌ أشْرَفَ الخَصلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الثَّلاثِ وَ مُتَمَسِّكٌ بواحِدَة وَ مِنْهُمْ تارِكٌ لإنكارِ المُنْكَرِ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسانِهِ وَيدِهِ فذلِكَ مَيِّتُ الأحياءِ«وَماأعْمالُ البِرِّ كُلِّها والجهادُ في سَبيلِ اللّهِ عِنْدَ الأمرِ بالمعْروفِ والنَّهيِ عَنِ المُنكَرِ إلاّ كنَفْثَة في بحْر لُجّيّ وانَّ الأمرَ بِالمَعروفِ والنَّهىِ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ لا يُقَرِّبانِ مِنْ أجل ولايَنقُصانِ مِنْ رِزْق وأفْضلُ مِنْ ذلك كُلِّهِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْل عِنْدَ إمام جائر
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