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الإمام الرّضا (عليه السَّلام ):
لَا يَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مُؤْمِناً حَتَّى يَكُونَ فِيهِ ثَلَاثُ خِصَالٍ، سُنَّةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَسُنَّةٌ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِ وَسُنَّةٌ مِنْ وَلِيِّهِ.
فَأَمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَكِتْمَانُ سِرِّهِ، قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: (عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلا يُظْهِرُ عَلى غَيْبِهِ أَحَداً * إِلَّا مَنْ ارْتَضى مِنْ رَسُولٍ).
وَأَمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِ فَمُدَارَاةُ النَّاسِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمَرَ نَبِيَّهُ (صلی الله علیه وآله وسلم) بِمُدَارَاةِ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ.
وَأَمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِنْ وَلِيِّهِ فَالصَّبْرُ فِي الْبَأْساءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ.
A believer is not a [true] believer until they have three qualities: one from their Lord, one from their Prophet and one from their authority (walÐ). The quality from their Lord is concealing their secrets. Allah the Exalted has said: Knower of the Unseen, He does not disclose His Unseen to anyone, except to those He approves of, from a Messenger… The quality from their Prophet is compliancy with people, as Allah the Exalted commanded His Prophet (Ò.a.w.) to be compliant with people, saying to him: Adopt [a policy of] excusing [the faults of people], bid what is right… As for the quality from their authority, it is patience at times of comfort or hardship.
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“A believer is not a [true] believer until they have three qualities.” This means that these three qualities are effective in completing and perfecting a believer's faith, which is why they are highlighted. One quality must be learnt from Almighty God; another from the Prophet, and another from the authority (ولی), and one must adopt the method (of becoming a true believer) from these three esteemed sources.
“The quality from their Lord is concealing secrets…” You must learn this from your Lord, where you conceal your secrets, but is it only your secrets? No! It is also the secrets of others that must be concealed. Anything that you are aware of as a secret must be concealed. This itself is a code of conduct. Many problems in society, even our own Islamic society, stem from revealing secrets.
“The quality from their Prophet is compliancy (مُدَارَاةِ) with people…” This means to tolerate people, even those who believe in something different than you. Of course, when you need to enjoin the good, do so, and when you need to forbid the wrong, do so. When you need to partake in struggle in the path of God, you must do that as well. There are some who believe in one particular approach, and do not consider any other factors. This is not the method of the religious authorities.
“The quality from their authority is patience at times of comfort or hardship.” Divine saints were patient, and they endured difficulties, whether personal difficulties or public difficulties, like sanctions or other subversions. They would be patient towards these circumstances, facing all obstacles with strength and resilience. This is something we must learn from religious authorities.
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Imam al-Reḍa (as)
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al-Kāfī
author
Abū Jaʿfar, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Kulaynī Al-Rāzī (Arabic: ابوجعفر، محمّد بن یعقوب بن اسحاق الرازی) (c. 255/868-9 - 329/941) was among the greatest Shi'a hadith scholars and the author of al-Kafi, the most authentic Shi'a hadith collection and one the Four Books. He was born after the martyrdom of Imam al-'Askari (a), at the time of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and met some hadith transmitters who directly had heard hadiths from Imam al-Hadi (a) and Imam al-'Askari (a). It is said that al-Kulayni was very accurate in transmitting hadiths. Ibn Qulawayh, Muhammad b. Ali Majilawayh al-Qummi, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Zurari were among his students.
year
1386
publisher
Dar al-Hadith
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