‫اإلخالص‬

Sincerity

.‫الص غايَةُ الدِّي ِن‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬1

ُ ‫اإلخ‬
ْ : )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

1– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Sincerity is the peak of religion.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 727]  

.‫بني‬ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬2

َ ‫بادةُ املَُقَّر‬
َ ‫الص ع‬
ُ ‫اإلخ‬
ْ : )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

2– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Sincerity is the worship of those brought near [to Allah].’[Ghurar al-
Hikam, no. 667]  

. ‫باد ِة‬ِ ُ ‫ اإلخالص ِم‬: )‫ـ اإلمام علي (علَ ِـيه الّسالم‬3
َ ‫الك الع‬ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ٌّ ُ

3– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Sincerity is the criterion for worship.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 859]  

ِ ‫أعلى‬
.‫اإلميان‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬4
ْ ‫الص‬
ُ ‫اإلخ‬
ْ : )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

4– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Sincerity is the summit of faith.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 860]  

.‫الص‬ ِ ‫اإلخ‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬5

ُ َ‫الص يَكو ُن اخل‬ ْ ‫ يف‬: )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

5– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Salvation is found in sincerity.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 118]  

.ُ‫ وفِ ْعلَهُ وقَولَه‬، ُ‫وص ْمتَه‬

َ ُ‫المه‬
َ ‫ و َك‬، ُ‫وأخ َذهُ وَت ْر َكه‬
ْ ، ُ‫ضه‬
َ ‫وحبَّهُ وبُ ْغ‬
ِ
ُ ، ‫ص للّهِ َع َملَهُ وعْل َمهُـ‬
َ َ‫أخل‬
ِ
ْ ‫ طُوىب ل َمن‬: )‫الم‬
ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬6
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

6– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Blessed is he whose knowledge and practice, love and hate, acceptance
and refusal, speech and silence, and words and actions are sincerely for the sake of
Allah.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 100]  

ِ
‫اإلخالص‬ ُ‫صعوبَة‬
ُ

The Difficulty of Sincerity

ِ ِ‫ول اجل‬
ِ ُ‫ني ِمن ط‬ِِ ِ ‫ليص النِّي ِـة ع ِن ال َف‬ ِ َ ‫ تَص ِفيةُ العم ِل‬: )‫ـ اإلمام علي (علَ ِـيه الّسالم‬7
.‫هاد‬ َ ‫أش ُّد على العامل‬
َ ‫ساد‬ ّ ‫ وخَت ْ ُـ‬،‫الع َم ِل‬
َ ‫أش ُّد من‬ ََ َ ْ ُ َ َ ٌّ ُ

7– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Perfecting an action is more difficult than [performing] the action itself,
and purifying an intention from corruption is tougher for the striving ones than engaging in
lengthy jihad.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 288, no. 1]  

. ‫الع َم ِل‬ ِ َ ‫ اإلبقاء على العم ِل ح خَيْلُص‬: )‫ادق (علَ ِـيه الّسالم‬
َ ‫أش ُّد من‬ َ ‫َ َ ىّت‬ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ ‫الص‬ ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬8
8– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, ‘Persevering with an action until its end is harder than [performing]
the action itself.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 16, no. 4]  

ِ
‫اإلخالص‬ ِ ‫الع‬
‫مل َم َع‬ ِ ِ ‫كِفايةُ ال َق‬
َ ‫ليل م َن‬ َ

The Sufficiency of Few Actions Coupled with Sincerity

. ُ‫ليل َكثريُه‬ ِ َ ُ‫ وما ا‬، ‫ريد ِبه وجهي ف َكثري قَليلُهـ‬ ِ ‫تبارك وتعاىل موسى‬
ٌ ‫ريد به َغريي ف َق‬ ُ ٌ ْ َ َ ُ‫ ما ا‬، ‫ يا موسى‬: )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ َ ُ‫ـ فيما ناجى اللّه‬9

9– It is narrated in al-Kafi that Allah – Blessed and most High – addressed Prophet Moses (as) in
intimate conversation saying, ‘O Moses, whatever is done for My sake, a little of it is a lot and
whatever is done for the sake of others, a lot of it is little.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 46, no. 8]  

. ‫الع َم ِل‬ ِ ‫ك ال َق‬ ِ ِ : )‫اهلل (صلَّي اهلل علَ ِـيه و آلِِه‬

ِ ُ ‫ـ‬10
َ ‫ليل من‬
ُ َ ‫ك يَكْف‬
َ َ‫ص قَلب‬
ْ ‫أخل‬
ْ َ َ ُ َ َ ِ ‫رسول‬

10– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘Purify your heart and few actions will suffice you.’[Bihar al-
Anwar, v. 73, p. 175, no. 15]  

‫المخلِص‬
ُ

The Sincere One

.‫ وامل ْخلِصو َن على َخطَ ٍر‬،‫صني‬ِ‫والعاملو َن ُكلُّهمـ هْلكى إاّل املخل‬ ِ ‫ العلَماء ُكلُّهم هْلكى إاّل‬: )‫اهلل (صلَّي اهلل علَ ِـيه و آلِِه‬
ِ ، ‫العاملني‬
َ َ ُ َ َ ِ ‫رسول‬
ِ ُ ‫ـ‬11
ُ َ ُْ َ ُ َ َ ُ ُ ُ

11– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘The men of knowledge will all be ruined except those who acted
[upon their knowledge], and those who act will all be ruined except for the sincere ones from
among them, and the sincere ones are significant indeed.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 118]  

ِ ٍ ِ‫ فعـاملَهم خبال‬، ‫ص ِمن ِسـِّر ِه‬

ٍ ِ‫ـاملوهُ خبال‬ ِ َّ : )‫ادق (علَي ِـه الّسـالم‬
‫صـ ُح ُف ُهم‬ُ ‫ـذين مَتُُّـر‬ ُ ، ‫ص من بِِّـر ِه‬
َ ّ‫فه ُم ال‬ َُ َ ‫إن للّـهِ عبـادا ع‬ ُ َ َ ُ ‫صـ‬ ّ ‫ـام ال‬ ُ ‫ ق‬: ‫ض ِل بن صـاحل‬
ُ ‫ـال اإلم‬ ّ ‫ـ عن امل َف‬12
ُِ ِ
ِ ‫مِل‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ُ‫أجلَّ ُهم أ ْن تَطَّلـ َــع احلََفظَ ـةُ على ما بَينَــه‬
َ : ‫ـال‬
َ ‫ـك؟ فقـ‬
َ ‫ و َ ذلـ‬، ‫ يا َمــوالي‬: ‫فقلت‬ ُ . ‫يديــه تعــاىل َمألها من س ـِّر ما أ َس ـُّروا إلَيــه‬
َ ‫ني‬
َ َ‫ َوإذا َوقَفــوا ب‬، ً‫يامــة ُفَّرغ ـا‬
َ ‫ـوم الق‬
َ ‫يَـ‬
‫ـ‬.‫وبَ َين ُهم‬

12– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said to Mufadhaal b. Salih, ‘Verily Allah has servants who sincerely
engage in transaction with Him in secrecy, so Allah gives them from His pure reward and
goodness, for they are the ones who will come on the Day of Resurrection with their book of
deeds empty, and when they stand in front of Allah, their books will be filled with the secrets
that they had with Him’. [Mufadhal narrates], I asked, ‘O my master, why will their books be
empty?’ The Imam replied, ‘Allah holds them in such high regard that He does not even want
the guardian angels to be aware of what is between Him and them.’[`Uddat al-Da`ai, p. 194]  
‫ـ و إذا َوجـ َـد‬،‫ـاس َشـيئاً حىّت جَيِ َـد‬ ِ ِِ ِ ِ ‫ـ عن جربئيـل‬13
َ ‫ـأل النّـ‬
ُ ‫ص الّــذي ال يَس‬ُ ‫ املُ ْخل‬: ‫الص ـ‬ ْ ‫صـلَّ َي اهللُ َعلَي ــه َو آل ـه) عن تَفسـ ِري‬
ِ ‫اإلخ‬ َ ( ‫ـيب‬
ُّ ‫الم) ـ لَ ّما سـألَهُ النّـ‬
ُ ‫(علَي ــه الّ َسـ‬
َ َ َ َ
‫ـارك‬
َ ‫ واللّـهُ تبـ‬، ‫راض‬ ٍ ِ‫فهو ع ِن اللّـه‬ ِ ِ ِ
ُ ‫ و إذا َو َج َد َفرضـ َي‬، ‫بالعبوديَّة‬
ُ ‫وجل‬
ّ ‫عز‬ّ ِ‫خلوق َف َقد أ َقَّر للّه‬
ِ
َ ‫فإن َمن مَل يَسأل امل‬ َّ ، ِ‫أعطاهُ يِف اللّه‬ ْ ‫ندهُ شيء‬ َ ‫ و إذا بَِق َي ِع‬،‫َر ِض َي‬
َ
ِ ِ ِّ ‫ و إذا أعطى للّهِ عزوجل فهو على ح ِّد‬،‫راض‬
.‫وجل‬
ّ ‫عز‬ ّ ‫الث َقة َبربِّه‬ َ ُ ّ ّ ٍ ُ‫وتعاىل عنه‬

13– The archangel Gabriel (as), when he was asked by the Prophet (sawa) about the meaning of
sincerity, replied, ‘The sincere one is he who does not ask the people anything until he himself
finds it, and when he finds it he is pleased. Whenever he has a remainder of a thing, he gives it
to others, because if a person does not ask anything from creation, he has established that his
servitude is solely for Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and if he finds and he is pleased then he is
pleased with Allah and Allah – Blessed and most High – is pleased with him, and if he gives for
the sake of Allah then he has reached the station of reliance on his Lord, Mighty and
Exalted.’[Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 3, p. 15, no. 50]  

ِ
‫األعمال‬ ِ َ‫اإلخالص في ق‬
‫بول‬ ِ ‫ور‬
ُ ‫َد‬

The Role of Sincerity in the Acceptance of Actions

.ً‫مال إاّل ما كا َن خالِصا‬

َ ‫األع‬ ِِ ِ
ْ ‫فاع َم ْل للّهِ خالصاً ؛ أل نَّهُ ال َي ْقبَ ُل ِمن ِعباده‬ ‫ إذا َع ِمْل َـ‬: )‫(صلَّ َي اهللُ َعلَ ِـيه َو آلِِه‬
ْ ً‫ت َع َمال‬ ِِ ‫رسول‬
َ ‫اهلل‬ ُ ‫ـ‬14

14– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘If you perform an action, do it sincerely for the sake of Allah
because He only accepts from His servants those actions that have been performed
sincerely.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 103, no. 1]  

.ً‫ـ إاّل ما كا َن يل خالِصا‬،ُ‫ َمن أ ْشَر َك يِب يف َع َملِ ِـه لَن أ ْقَبلَه‬، ‫ريك‬
ٍ ‫ أنا خري َش‬: ‫قال اللّهُ تَبارك وتعاىل‬
َُ َ َ : )‫الم‬ ِ ‫ادق‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ُ ‫الص‬
ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬15

15– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, ‘Allah – most High –has said, ‘I am the best partner, so whoever
associates a partner with Me in his actions I will never accept them, except those actions that
have been performed [sincerely for Me].’[Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. 1, p. 203, no. 1]  

‫ص‬ ِ
ُ ‫ين الخال‬
ُ ‫ال ّد‬

The Pure Religion

.‫ناب املحا ِرِم‬ِ‫الص اجت‬ ِِ ِ

ْ ‫ مَت ُام‬: )‫(صلَّ َي اهللُ َعلَ ـيه َو آله‬
ِ ‫اإلخ‬ ِِ ‫رسول‬
َ ‫اهلل‬ ُ ‫ـ‬16
َ ُ ْ
16– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘Complete sincerity is abstaining from the prohibited things.’[Kanz
al-`Ummal, no. 44399]  

. ُ‫الصهُ أ ْن حَيْ ِجَزهُ «ال إلهَ إاّل اللّهُ» َع ّما َحّر َم اللّه‬
ُ ‫إخ‬
ِ
ْ ‫ و‬، َ‫ «ال إلهَ إاّل اللّهُ» خُمْلصاً َد َخ َل اجلَنّة‬:‫قال‬
َ ‫ َمن‬: )‫الم‬ ِ ‫ادق‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ُ ‫الص‬
ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬17

17– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said. ‘Whoever sincerely says “There is no god but Allah” will enter
Paradise and his sincerity should be such that his testimony of “There is no god but Allah”
becomes a barrier for him against whatever Allah has forbidden.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 359,
no. 24]  

ِ
‫اإلخالص‬ ُ‫َحقي َقة‬

The Reality of Sincerity

ٍ ‫ب أ ْن حُي م ـد على‬
.ِ‫شيء ِمن َع َم ٍل للّه‬ ِ َّ : )‫اهلل (صلَّي اهلل علَ ِـيه و آلِِه‬
َ َ ْ َّ ِ‫الص حىّت ال حُي‬
ِ ‫اإلخ‬
ْ َ‫لغ َعب ٌد حقيقة‬
َ َ‫ وما ب‬، ً‫إن ل ُك ِّل َح ٍّق َحقيقة‬ َ َ ُ َ َ ِ ‫رسول‬
ِ ُ ‫ـ‬18

18– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘Verily for every essential truth is a reality and a servant has not
reached the reality of sincerity until he dislikes to be praised [by others] for any act that he does
for the sake of Allah.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 304, no. 51]  

.ُ‫اف إاّل ذَ ْنبَه‬

َ ‫ وال خَي‬، ُ‫الر ُج ُل إاّل َربَّه‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬19
ّ ‫رجو‬
َ َ‫صةُ أ ْن ال ي‬
َ ‫بادةُ اخلال‬
َ ‫ الع‬: )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

19– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Pure worship is that a man does not hope for anything except his Lord
and does not fear anything except [the outcome of] his sin.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2128]  

.‫وجل‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ادق‬
ّ ‫عز‬ّ ُ‫أح ٌد إاّل اللّه‬
َ ‫ريد أ ْن حَيْ َم َد َك علَ ـيه‬
ُ ُ‫ الّذي ال ت‬: ‫ص‬
ُ ‫الع َم ُل اخلال‬
َ : )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ُ ‫الص‬
ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬20

20– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, ‘The pure action [done out of sincerity], is that which the servant
does not wish to be praised for by anyone except Allah – Mighty and Exalted.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p.
16, no. 4]  

‫اإلخالص‬
َ ُ ‫ما يو ِر‬
‫ث‬

What Brings About Sincerity

. ‫قني‬ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬21

ُ َ‫اإلخالص الي‬ ‫ب‬
ُ َ‫ َسب‬: )‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

21– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘The [root] cause of sincerity is conviction.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5538]  

ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬22
. ‫الع َم ِل‬
َ ‫الص‬ ْ ‫ مَثَرةُ العل ِم‬: )‫الم‬
ُ ‫إخ‬ ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

22– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘The fruit of knowledge is sincerity of action.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4642]

. ‫األعمال‬ ‫ص لَك‬ َ ‫ َقلِّ ِل‬: )‫الم‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬23

ُ ْ ُ‫اآلمال خَت ْل‬ ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

23– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Reduce your expectations and your actions will become
sincere.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6793]  

ِ ّ‫أس مِم ّا يف أيْدي الن‬

.‫اس‬ ِ ‫اإلخ‬
ُ َ‫الص الي‬ ْ ‫أص ُل‬
ْ : )‫الم‬
ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬24
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ
24– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘The root of sincerity is despairing of obtaining what is in the hands of
men.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3088]  

ِ
‫اإلخالص‬ ‫آثار‬
ُ

The Effects of Sincerity

.‫كم ِة ِمن قَلبِ ِه على لِسانِِه‬ِ ِ‫ ما أخلَص عب ٌد للّهِ عزوجل أربعني صباحاً إاّل جرت يناب‬: )‫اهلل (صلَّي اهلل علَ ِـيه و آلِِه‬
َ ‫يع احل‬
ُ َ ْ ََ َ َ ّ ّ َ َ ْ َ َُ َ َ
ِ ‫رسول‬
ُ ‫ـ‬25

25– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘No sooner does a servant spend his mornings in a state of sincere
devotion for forty days than the springs of wisdom will flow from his heart onto his
tongue.’[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (as), v. 2, p. 69, no. 321]  

ِ ِ ‫الص لِط‬ َّ ‫ـأعلَ ُم ِمنـهُ ُح‬ ٍ ِ َ‫ ال أطَّلِـع على ق‬: ‫ـال اللّـهُ عزوجـل‬
َ ‫ ق‬: )‫صـلَّ َي اهللُ َعلَي ِــه َو آلِ ِـه‬ ِِ ‫رسول‬
‫يت‬ َ ِ ‫اإلخ‬
ُ ّ‫ـاعيت ل َـو ْجهي وابْتغـاءَ َمْرضـايت إاّل تَـول‬ ْ ‫ب‬ ْ ‫لب َعبـد ف‬ ُ ّ ّ َ ( ‫اهلل‬ ُ ‫ـ‬26
.ُ‫وسياستَه‬
َ ُ‫تَقوميَه‬

26–The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘Allah said, ‘No sooner do I look into a servant’s heart and find that
he has sincere love for My sole obedience and he seeks My pleasure than I take charge of his
plans and affairs.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 85, p. 136, no. 16]  

‫ـ‬.‫النيَّةَ َتَنّز َه ع ِن الدَّنِيَّ ِة‬

ِّ ‫ص‬َ َ‫أخل‬
ْ ‫ َمن‬: )‫الم‬
ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬27
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

27– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘The one who purifies his intention distances himself from base
qualities.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8447]  

ِ
‫األرض‬ ‫ـوام‬ ٍ ‫ـاف اللّـهُ ِمنـه ُكـل ش‬
َّ ‫ حىّت َه‬، ‫ـيء‬ ٍ ‫ـيء ويهاب ـه ُكـل ش‬
َ ‫ إذا كـا َن خُم لِصـاً للّـهِ أخ‬. ‫ـيء‬ ٍ َّ : )‫الم‬ ِ ‫ادق‬
َّ ُ ُّ ُ ُ َ ‫ـل ش‬ ُّ ‫خش ُع لَـهُ ُك‬
َ َ‫املؤمن لَي‬
َ ‫إن‬ ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ُ ‫الص‬ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬28
ِ ‫الس‬
. ‫ماء‬ َّ ‫باعها وطَ َري‬ ِ
َ ‫وس‬

28– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, ‘Verily everything is humbled and awed before the believer’, and
then he said, ‘If he is sincere for Allah, Allah will make everything fear him including the wild
and poisonous animals of the land and the birds of the sky.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 238, no.
21]

NEGLIGENCE   ُ‫ال َغفلَة‬

‫َّحذير ِم َن الغَفلَ ِة‬

ُ ‫الت‬
Caution against Negligence

.ٌ‫ضاللَة‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬1

َ ُ‫ الغَفلَة‬:)‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

1– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Negligence is deviation [from the straight path].’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no.
196]  

!‫ِّقو ِة‬ ِ ٍ ِ
َ ‫ وأن ُت َؤ ِّديَهُ أيّ ُامهُ إىَل الش‬،ً‫سرةً على ُك ِّل ذي َغفلَة أن يكو َن ُع ُم ُرهُ علَيه ُح ّجة‬
َ ‫ فَياهَل ا َح‬:)‫الم‬
ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬2
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

2– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Pitiable indeed is every negligent person that his whole life can be used
as evidence against him and that his days lead him to wretchedness!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon
64]  

ِ ِ
َ ِ‫صر ِمن َع َجلَت‬
‫ـ‬.‫ك‬ َ ِ‫ واستَيق ْظ ِمن َغفلَت‬،‫ك‬
ِ َ‫ واخت‬،‫ك‬ َ ِ‫كرت‬ ِ ِ
َ ‫ فَأف ْق أيُّها السام ُع من َس‬:)‫الم‬
ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬3
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

3– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘So come to your senses, O listener, from your intoxication, wake up from
your neglect, and reduce your hasty activity.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 153]  

ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ أيُّها الناس غري امل‬:)‫(علَ ِـيه الّسالم‬

َ ‫ وإىل غ ِريه راغ‬،‫بني‬
!‫بني ؟‬ َ ‫ مايل أرا ُكم ع ِن اللّهِ ذاه‬،‫ والتا ِركو َن املَأخو َذ م ُنهم‬،‫غفول َع ُنهم‬َ ُ ُ ُ َ َ ‫علي‬ ٌّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬4

4– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘O people who are not neglected [by Allah] and yet who neglect that
which will be taken to account from them - how is it that I see you moving away from Allah and
longing for others?!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 175]  

ِ ‫نسج ثَوباً لِيلبسه وإمّن ا هو َك َفنُه! ويبيِن بيتا لِيس ُكنَه وإمّن ا هو م‬
!‫وض ُع قَ ِرب ِه‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬5
َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ُ َُ ََ ُ َ‫ َكم من غاف ٍل ي‬:)‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

5– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘How many a negligent person weaves himself a garment in order that he
might wear it whilst in reality it is his burial shroud, and who builds himself a house in which he
may live but which is in fact his grave.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 401, no. 26]  

!‫ إن كا َن الشيطا ُن َع ُد ّواً فالغَفلَةُ لِماذا ؟‬:)‫الم‬ ِ ‫ادق‬

ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ُ ‫الص‬
ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬6

6– Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, ‘If Satan is indeed an enemy, then why the negligence?!’[Bihar al-
Anwar, v. 78, p. 190, no. 1]  

َ‫ما يَمنَ ُع الغَفلَة‬

That Which Prevents Negligence

.‫لني‬ِ ِ َ‫ ه َّم باحلسنَ ِة وإن مل تَعمْلها ؛ لِكيال تُكت‬،‫أباذر‬ ِِ ِ ِِ ‫رسول‬

َّ َ ‫اهلل‬
َ ‫ب من الغاف‬
َ َ َ َ ُ ٍّ ‫ يا‬:)‫(صل َي اهللُ َعلَيه َو آله‬ ُ ‫ـ‬7
7– The Prophet (sawa) said, ‘O Abu Dharr, intend to perform good actions even if you do not
actually manage to perform them, so that you are not included amongst the
negligent.’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 378, no. 2661]  

ِ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬8
ُ َ‫ بِ َدوام ذك ِر اللّهِ ت‬:)‫الم‬
.ُ‫نجاب الغَفلَة‬ ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

8– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Through constant remembrance of Allah is negligence dispelled.’[Ghurar
al-Hikam, no. 4269]  

ِ ِ‫ف األيام مل يغ ُفل ع ِن االست‬

.‫عداد‬ َّ :)‫الم‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬9
ْ َ َ ّ َ ‫إن َمن َعَر‬ ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

9– Imam Ali (as) said, ‘Verily the one who knows the vicissitudes of time will not neglect
preparation.’[al-Tawhid, p. 74, no. 27]  

.‫لني‬ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َّ ‫ؤم ٍن حافَ َظ علَى‬

ِ ‫ أمّي ا م‬:)‫ـ اإلمام الباقر (علَ ِـيه الّسالم‬10
َ ‫يس هذا من الغاف‬
َ َ‫صالّها ل َوقتها َفل‬
َ َ‫فروضة ف‬
َ ‫الصلوات امل‬
َ ُ ُ َ َ ُ ُ

10– Imam al-Baqir (as) said, ‘Verily any believer who is mindful of the obligatory prayers and
prays them on time is not of the negligent ones.’[al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 270, no. 14]  

‫المات الغافِ ِل‬

ُ ‫َع‬

The Distinguishing Characteristics of a Negligent Person

َّ ٍ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِِ ِ ‫ـ لُقما ُن‬11
.‫ والنِّسيا ُن‬،‫هو‬
ُ ‫ والل‬،‫هو‬
ُ ‫الس‬
َّ :‫عالمات‬ ُ ‫ وللغاف ِل‬... ‫شه ُد علَيها‬
‫ثالث‬ َ ُ‫ف هبا وي‬
ُ ‫عر‬
َ ُ‫ ل ُك ِّل َشيء عالمةٌ ي‬،َّ‫ يابُيَن‬:‫الم) ـ البنه وهو يَعظُهُ ـ‬
ُ ‫(علَ ـيه الّ َس‬
َ

11– Luqman (as) said to his son, exhorting him: ‘O my son, everything has a distinguishing
characteristic by which it is recognised and witnessed … the negligent person has three
distinguishing characteristics: absent-mindedness, amusement, and forgetfulness.’[al-Khisal, p.
121, no. 113]  

ِ ‫ك امل‬
. ‫فس َد‬ ِ ‫ الغَفلَةُ تَر ُكك امل‬:)‫ـ اإلمام احلسن (علَ ِيه الّسالم‬12
َ ُ‫وطاعت‬
َ ،‫سج َد‬ َ ُ َ َ ُ ُ
ُ َ
12– Imam al-Hasan (as) said, ‘Negligence is [manifest] in your abandonment of the mosque and
in your obedience of the corrupt.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 115, no. 10]  

‫آثار الغَفلَ ِة‬

ُ

The Effects of Negligence

. ُ‫ َمن طالَت َغفلَتُهُ َت َع َّجلَت َهلَ َكتُه‬:)‫الم‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬13

ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ
13- Imam Ali (as) said, 'He who prolongs his negligence hastens his own destruction.'[Ghurar al-
Hikam, no. 8318]  

‫ـ‬.ُ‫مات قَلبُه‬ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬14

َ ُ‫ َمن َغلَبَت علَ ـيه الغَفلَة‬:)‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

14- Imam Ali (as) said, 'The one who is overcome by negligence, his heart is dead.'[Ghurar al-
Hikam, no. 8430]  

.‫صري َة‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬15

َ َ‫وام الغَفلَة يُعمي الب‬
ُ ‫ َد‬:)‫الم‬
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

15- Imam Ali (as) said, 'Continued negligence blinds insight.'[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5146]  

.‫األعمال‬ ِ ُ‫اك والغَفلَةَ واالغرِت ار باملهلَ ِة ؛ فإ ّن الغَفلَةَ ت‬

‫فس ُد‬ َ ّ‫ إي‬:)‫الم‬‫(علَ ِيه الّ َس‬
َ
ُ َ ُ َ ‫علي‬
ٌّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬16

16- Imam Ali (as) said, 'Beware of negligence and delusion about the respite [that you have
been given], for indeed negligence ruins deeds.'[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2717]  

‫دح التَّغافُ ِل‬

ُ ‫َم‬

The Praise of Feigning Negligence (or Ignorance)

ٌ ِ‫ إ ّن العاقِ َل نِص ُفهُ احت‬:)‫الم‬

.‫ ونِص ُفهُ تَغافُ ٌل‬،‫مال‬ ِ ‫ـ اإلمام علي‬17
ُ ‫(علَيه الّ َس‬
َ ٌّ ُ

17- Imam Ali (as) said, 'Verily the man of intellect tolerates [others' ignorance] half of the time
and feigns ignorance himself the other half.'[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2378]  

.‫عما يَعلَ ُم‬ ِ

ِ ‫(أحوال) ال َك‬ ِ ‫ف‬ ِ ‫ ِمن أشر‬:)‫ـ اإلمام علي (علَ ِيه الّسالم‬18
ّ ُ‫رمي َغفلَتُه‬ ‫أعمال‬ َ ُ َ َ ٌّ ُ

18- Imam Ali (as) said, 'One of the noblest deeds of a kind person is feigning ignorance of that
which he knows already.'[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 222]  

. ‫ ثُلثاهُ فِطنَةٌ وثُلثُهُـ تَغافُ ٌل‬:‫كيال‬

ٍ ‫َّعاش ِر ِملء ِم‬
ُ ْ ُ ‫ش والت‬
ِ ‫ صالح‬:)‫(علَ ِيه الّسالم‬
ِ ُ‫حال التَّعاي‬ ُ َ ُ َ َ ‫ادق‬ ُ ‫الص‬
ّ ‫اإلمام‬
ُ ‫ـ‬19

19- Imam al-Sadiq (as) said, 'The proper way to maintain a state of coexistence and mutual
intimacy with people is according to a set measure, two thirds of which are to know each other
very well and a third of which is to feign ignorance of each other's faults.'[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no.
359]

SERMON 152
About negligent persons and the characteristics of beasts, carnivores and women
He has been allowed time by Allah. He is falling into error along with negligent persons and
goes early in the morning with sinners, without any road to lead or any Imam to guide. A part of
the same sermon

At last when Allah will make clear to them the reward for their sins, and take them out from
the veils of their neglectfulness they will proceed to what they were running away from, and
run away from what they were proceeding to. They will not benefit from the wants they will
satisfy or the desires they would fulfil.
I warn you and myself from this position. A man should derive benefit from his own self.
Certainly, prudent is he who hears and ponders over it, who sees and observes and who
benefits from instructive material and then treads on clear paths wherein he avoids falling into
hollows and straying into pitfalls, and does not assist those who misguide him by turning
away from truthfulness, changing his words, or fearing truth.
O' my listener! Be cured from your intoxication, wake up from your slumber, decrease your
hasty activity and ponder over what has come to you through the Holy Prophet, the Ummi
which is inevitable and inescapable. You should turn away from him who opposes him and
leave him and leave whatever he has adopted for himself. Put off your vanity, drop your
haughtiness and recall your grave because your way passes over it.
You will be dealt with as you deal with others, you will reap what you sow, and what you
send today will meet you tomorrow. So provide for your future and send (some good acts) for
your day (of reckoning). Fear, fear, O' listener! Act, act, O' careless! No one will warn you
like him who knows.
One of the firm decisions of Allah in the Wise Reminder (Qur'an) upon which He bestows
reward or gives punishment, and through which He likes or dislikes is that it will not benefit a
man, even though he exerts himself and acts sincerely if he leaves this world to meet Allah
with one of these acts without repenting, namely that he believed in a partner with Allah
during his obligatory worship, or appeased his own anger by killing an individual, or spoke
about acts committed by others, or sought fulfilment of his needs from people by introducing
an innovation in his religion, or met people with a double face, or moved among them with a
double tongue.
Understand this because an illustration is a guide for its like.
Beasts are concerned with their bellies. Carnivores are concerned with assaulting others.
Women are concerned with the adornments of this ignoble life and the creation of mischief
herein. (On the other hand) believers are humble, believers are admonishers and believers
are afraid (of Allah).