1899 - عَدمُ الإحتِجابِ‏

1899. TO NOT SECLUDE ONESELF [AWAY FROM ONE'S SUBJECTS]

6798.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - من كِتابِهِ للأشتَرِ لَمّا وَلّاهُ مِصرَ - : فلا تُطَوِّلَنَّ احتِجابَكَ عَن رَعِيَّتِكَ ، فإنَّ احتِجابَ الوُلاةِ عَن الرَّعِيَّةِ شُعبَةٌ مِن الضِّيقِ ، وقِلَّةُ عِلمٍ بالاُمورِ ، والاحتِجابُ مِنهُم يَقطَعُ عَنهُم عِلمَ ما احتَجَبوا دُونَهُ ، فيَصغُرُ عِندَهُمُ الكَبيرُ ، ويَعظُمُ الصَّغيرُ ، ويَقبُحُ الحَسَنُ ، ويَحسُنُ القَبيحُ ، ويُشابُ الحَقُّ بِالباطِلِ ... .¹

6798. Imam Ali (AS), in his letter to Malik al-Ashtar when he appointed him governor of Egypt, said, 'Do not keep yourself secluded from the people for a long time, because the seclusion of those in authority from the subjects is a kind of narrow-sightedness and causes ignorance about their affairs. Seclusion from them also prevents them from the knowledge of those things which they are unaware of and as a result they begin to regard big matters as small and small matters as big, good matters as bad and bad matters as good, while the truth becomes confused with falsehood.' ²

6799.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن تَولّى‏ أمراً مِن اُمورِ النّاسِ ، فعَدَلَ ، وفَتَحَ بابَهُ ، ورَفَعَ سِترَهُ ، ونَظَرَ في اُمورِ النّاسِ ، كانَ حَقّاً علَى اللَّهِ أن يُؤمِنَ رَوعَتَهُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ ويُدخِلَهُ الجَنَّةَ .³

6799.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever takes up any of the affairs of people and is just, opens his door, uncovers his veils, and fulfils the needs of people, it will become the right of Allah to save him from fear on the Day of Judgment and make him enter Heaven.' ⁴