247 - الضَّلالة

247. STRAYING FROM THE STRAIGHT PATH

1167 - موجِباتُ الضَّلَالَةِ

1167. FACTORS THAT CAUSE ONE TO STRAY (FROM THE STRAIGHT PATH)

(وَمَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الكُفْرَ بِالْإيْمانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَواءَ السَّبِيلِ).¹

“Whoever changes faith for unfaith certainly strays from the right way.”²

(وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالاً بَعِيْداً).³

“Whoever disbelieves in Allah and His angels, His Books and His apostles and the Last Day, has certainly strayed in far error.”⁴

(وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالاً مُبِيْناً).⁵

“And whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle has certainly strayed in manifest error.”⁶

(أفَرَأيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَواهُ وَأضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِلمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ).⁷

“Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, and set a seal upon his hearing and his heart, and drawn a blind on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah? Will you not then take admonition?”⁸

3750.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لِكُلِّ ضَلَّةٍ عِلَّةٌ، ولِكُلِّ ناكِثٍ شُبهَةٌ .⁹

3750.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘For every misguidance there is a cause, and behind every disloyal act is an obscurity.’¹⁰

3751.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ألَا وإنّ شَرائعَ الدِّينِ واحِدَةٌ، وسُبُلَهُ قاصِدَةٌ، مَن أخَذَ بها لَحِقَ وغَنِمَ، ومَن وَقَفَ عَنها ضَلَّ ونَدِمَ .¹¹

3751.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that indeed the paths to religion are one, and its courses lead straight ahead. Whoever follows them attains the objective, and whoever stops, moving away from them, strays and ends up regretful.’¹²

3752.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اُنظُرُوا أهلَ بَيتِ نَبِيِّكُم فَالْزَمُوا سَمْتَهُم ... لا تَسبِقُوهُم فَتَضِلُّوا، ولا تَتَأخَّرُوا عَنهُم فَتَهلِكُوا .¹³

3752.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Look at the household of your Prophet and adhere to their direction…Do not overtake them, for then you will stray, nor lag behind them lest you fall into ruin.’¹⁴

3753.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن يَطلُبِ الهِدايَةَ مِن غَيرِ أهلِها يَضِلَّ .¹⁵

3753.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who seeks guidance from the wrong source goes astray.’¹⁶

(اُنظر) الهداية : باب 1796 .

(See also: GUIDANCE: section 1796)

1166 - الاِستِضعافُ المَعنَويُ‏

1166. SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS

(إلّا المُسْتَضعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَالوِلْدانِ لا يَسْتَطِيْعُونَ حِيْلَةً وَلا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيْلاً * فَأُولئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُم وَكانَ اللَّهُ عَفُوَّاً غَفُوراً).¹

“Except the ones who are deemed weak among men, women and children, who have neither access to any means nor are guided to any way. Maybe Allah will excuse them, for Allah is all-excusing, all-forgiving.”²

3747.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يَقَعُ اسمُ الاستِضعافِ على‏ مَن بَلَغَتهُ الحُجَّةُ فَسَمِعَتها اُذُنُهُ ووَعاها قَلبُهُ .³

3747.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The term ‘weak’ cannot be applied to those whom the divine proof has reached, whose ears have heard it and whose hearts have heeded it.’⁴

3748.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (إلّا المُستَضعَفِين ...) - : هُو الذي لا يَستَطيعُ الكُفرَ فَيَكفُرَ ولا يَهتَدِي سَبيلَ الإيمانِ فَيُؤمِنَ، و الصِّبيانُ ، ومَن كانَ مِن الرِّجالِ والنِّساءِ على‏ مِثلِ عُقولِ الصِّبيانِ مَرفوعٌ عَنهُمُ القَلَمُ .⁵

3748. Imam al-Baqir (AS), with regards to the Qur’anic verse: “Except the ones who are deemed weak…”, said, ‘This refers to one who is not capable of disbelieving that he may be considered a disbeliever, though neither has he been guided the path of faith that he may have faith. [It also refers to] children, and those people from among men and women who have intellects of children and who are therefore not accountable for their deeds.’⁶

3749.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : الضَّعيفُ مَن لَم يُرفَعْ إلَيهِ حُجّةٌ، ولَم يَعرِفِ الاختِلافَ، فإذا عَرَفَ الاختِلافَ فليسَ بضَعيفٍ .⁷

3749.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The [spiritually] weak person is one whom the divine proof has not reached, and who would not be able to differentiate [even if it did reach him]. If he is able to differentiate [between truth and falsehood] therefore, then he is not considered weak.’⁸