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Hadith #
241
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 1 - On Faith, Islam and Related Issues
Chapter
Chapter 13 - On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
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Masaedat ibn Sadaqih said that Imam Sadiq (a.s) was questioned about the Prophet's statement: “The best form of Jihad -holy war- is expressing what is just in the presence of an oppressive ruler.” Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “This act will only be accepted of him if his enjoining the right is based on knowledge, otherwise it is not accepted.”
قال مسعدة: وسمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: وسئل عن الحديث الذي جاء عن النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) " إن أفضل الجهاد كلمة عدل عند إمام جائر " ما معناه؟ قال
هذا أن يأمره بعد معرفته، وهو مع ذلك يقبل منه وإلا فلا.

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