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328 - الجِدالُ الحَسَنُ‏

328. Positive Debating

(ادْعُ إِلَى‏ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ) .1

"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided." 2

1048.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - فِي الحِكَمِ المنسوبَةِ إلَيهِ - : مُرُوا الأَحداثَ بِالمِراءِ وَالجِدالِ ، وَ الكُهولَ بِالفِكرِ ، وَالشُّيوخَ بِالصَّمتِ .3

1048. Imam Ali (AS) from the wise sayings attributed to him said, 'Command the young with arguing and debating, the adult with thought, and the elder with silence.' 4

1049.الإمامُ العسكريُّ عليه السلام : ذُكرَ عند الصّادقِ عليه السلام الجِدالُ في الدِّينِ، وأنّ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله والأئمّةَ المعصومينَ عليهم السلام قد نَهَوا عنه ، فقالَ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَم يُنْهَ عنهُ مطلَقاً ، لكنَّهُ نهى‏ عنِ الجِدالِ بغيرِ الّتي هِي أحسَنُ .5

1049. Imam al-'Askari (AS) narrated, 'The subject of disputing about religion was mentioned in the presence of al-Sadiq (AS), and that the Prophet (SAWA) and the infallible Imams(AS) prohibited it. So al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He never prohibited it absolutely, but only prohibited dispute in ways that are not the best.' 6

1.النحل : ۱۲۵ .

2.Qur'an ۱۶:۱۲۵

3.شرح نهج البلاغة : ۲۰ / ۲۸۵ / ۲۶۰ .

4.Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, v. ۲۰, p. ۲۸۵, no. ۲۶۰

5.بحار الأنوار : ۲ / ۱۲۵ / ۲ .

6.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۲, p. ۱۲۵, no. ۲

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