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373 - المَجنونُ الحَقيقيُ‏

373. One Who is Truly Mad

1181.مشكاة الأنوار : مَرَّ رسولُ‏اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله بمَجْنونٍ، فقالَ: ما لَهُ ؟ فقيلَ : إنّهُ مَجْنونٌ ، فقالَ : بَلْ هُو مُصابٌ ، إنَّما المَجْنونُ مَن آثَرَ الدُّنيا على‏ الآخِرَةِ .1

1181. It is narrated in Mishkat al-Anwar: The Prophet (SAWA) passed by an insane person and asked, 'What is wrong with him?' He was told that he had gone mad. The Prophet (SAWA) then remarked, 'Rather, he is afflicted. The one who has gone mad is the one who prefers this world to the next.' 2

1182.مشكاة الأنوار : مَرَّ برسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله رجُلٌ وهو في أصْحابِهِ ، فقالَ بعضُ القَومِ: مَجْنونٌ! فقالَ النّبيٌّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : بَلْ هذا رجُلٌ مُصابٌ، إنّما المَجْنونُ عَبدٌ أو أمَةٌ أبْلَيا شَبابَهُما في غَيرِ طاعةِ اللَّهِ .3

1182. It is narrated in Mishkat al-Anwar: A man passed by the Prophet (SAWA) while he was sitting with his companions. One of them mentioned that he had gone mad. The Prophet (SAWA) replied, 'This man is, in fact, afflicted, since truly one who is mad, be he male or female, is one who has squandered his youth in other than Allah's obedience.' 4

1183.معاني الأخبار : مَرَّ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله بِرَجُلٍ مَصْروعٍ ... فقالَ : ما هذا بمَجْنونٍ ، ألَا اُخبِرُكُم بالمَجْنونِ حقَّ المَجْنونِ ؟ ....قالَ: إنَّ المَجْنونَ حقَّ المَجْنونِ المُتَبَخْتِرُ في مِشْيتِهِ ، النّاظِرُ في عِطْفَيْهِ ، المُحَرِّكُ جَنْبَيهِ بمِنْكَبَيْهِ ، فذَاكَ المَجْنونُ وهذا المُبْتلى‏ .5

1183. It is related from Jabir b. Abdallah al-Ansari that the Prophet (SAWA) passed by one who was affected by madness, and said, 'Shall I inform you of one who is truly mad?' Then he said, 'Indeed one who is mad is one who is haughty in his gait, looking over his shoulders, and swinging his sides from side to side. That is one who is mad and this is one afflicted.' 6

1.مشكاة الأنوار : ۴۶۹ / ۱۵۷۱ .

2.Mishkat al-Anwar, no. ۲۷۰

3.مشكاة الأنوار : ۲۹۴ / ۸۹۸ .

4.Ibid. no. ۱۶۹

5.معاني الأخبار : ۲۳۷ / ۱ .

6.Maani al-Akhbar, p. ۲۳۷, no. ۱

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