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1456 - سَماعُ الغيبَةِ

1456. LISTENING TO BACKBITING

4912.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : السامِعُ لِلغِيبَةِ كالمُغتابِ .1

4912.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who listens to backbiting is as [bad as] the backbiter.’2

4913.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد نَظَرَ إلى‏ رجُلٍ يَغتابُ رجُلاً عندَ ابنِهِ الحسنِ عليه السلام - : يابُنَيَّ ، نَزِّهْ سَمعَكَ عن مِثلِ هذا ؛ فإنّهُ نَظَرَ إلى‏ أخبَثِ ما في وِعائهِ فَأفرَغَهُ في وِعائكَ !3

4913. Imam Ali (AS) saw a man backbiting someone in the presence of his son, al-Hasan (AS), to whom he said, ‘O my son, steer your hearing clear of such a person, for verily he took the most repulsive thing from his mind and poured it into yours!’4

4914.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : حقُّ السَّمعِ تَنزيهُهُ عن سَماعِ الغِيبَةِ، وسَماعِ ما لايَحِلُّ سَماعُهُ .5

4914. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘The right of the ears is to keep them pure from listening to backbiting, and from that which is unlawful to listen to.’6

1.غرر الحكم : ۱۱۷۱ .

2.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۱۱۷۱

3.الاختصاص : ۲۲۵ .

4.al-Ikhtisas, p. ۲۲۵

5.الخصال : ۵۶۶ / ۱ .

6.al-Khisal, p. ۵۶۶, no. ۱

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