hadith
1669
۞
Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “God has established a covenant with a believer in four areas: the hardest one is a believer who says the same things but is jealous of him; a hypocrite who always follows him; Satan who influences and corrupts him; and an infidel who does not believe in what he believes in, and considers fighting with the believer as a holy war for himself. Then how can a believer survive all this?”
عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) قال
إن الله أخذ ميثاق المؤمن على بلايا أربع: أشدها عليه مؤمن مثله يقول مثل قوله ويحسده، والثاني: منافق يقفو إثره، والثالث: شيطان يتعرض بنفسه ويضله، والرابع: كافر بالذي آمن به المؤمن، يرى جهاده جهادا فما بقاء المؤمن على هذا؟.
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