767 - المُجاهَرَةُ بِالذَّنبِ‏

767. SINNING OPENLY

2394.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مُجاهَرَةُ اللَّهِ سبحانَهُ بالمعاصِي تُعَجِّلُ النِّقَمَ .¹

2394.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Openly and candidly disobeying Allah - glory be to Him - hastens His wrath.' ²

2395.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : المُذِيعُ بالسيّئةِ مَخذُولٌ ، والمُستَتِرُ بالسيّئةِ مَغفورٌ لَهُ .³

2395.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'The one who commits an evil deed openly is disgraced [by Allah], and the one who hides his evil deed [feeling ashamed of it] is forgiven by Allah.' ⁴

149 - الذنب‏

149. SINNING

766 - التَّحذِيرُ مِنَ الذَّنبِ‏

766. WARNING AGAINST SINNING

(وَذَرُوا ظاهِرَ الإِثْمِ وَباطِنَهُ إنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَ) .¹

"Renounce outward sins as well as inward ones. Indeed those who commit sins shall be requited for what they used to commit." ²

(بَلَى‏ مَنْ كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَأَحاطَتْ بِهِ خَطِيئَتُهُ فَأُولئِكَ أَصْحابُ النّارِ هُمْ فِيها خالِدُونَ) .³

"Certainly whoever commits misdeeds and is besieged by his iniquity - such shall be the inmates of the Fire, and they shall remain in it [forever]." ⁴

2387.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الذُّنوبُ الدّاءُ ، والدَّواءُ الاستغِفارُ ، والشِّفاءُ أن لا تَعودَ .⁵

2387.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Sins are a disease the medicine of which is to seek forgiveness, and the cure lies in never committing them again.' ⁶

2388.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يا أيّها الإنسانُ ، ما جَرَّأكَ على‏ ذَنبِكَ ، وما غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ، وما أنَّسَكَ بِهَلَكَةِ نَفسِكَ ! ؟⁷

2388.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O man, what has emboldened you to commit sins, and what has deceived you about your Lord, and what has rendered you so complacent about the destruction of your soul!?' ⁸

2389.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عَجِبتُ لأقوامٍ يَحتَمُونَ الطَّعامَ مَخافَةَ الأذى‏ كيفَ لا يَحتَمُونَ الذُّنوبَ مَخافةَ النّارِ ؟!⁹

2389.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How I wonder at people who keep away from certain types of food for fear of harm to themselves, and yet do not keep away from sins for fear of the Fire!?' ¹⁰

2390.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لَو لَم يَتَوَعَّدِ اللَّهُ على‏ معصِيَتِهِ لَكانَ يَجِبُ ألّا يُعصى‏ شُكراً لِنِعَمِهِ .¹¹

2390.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Even if Allah had not fixed punishments and threats for acts of disobedience to Him, we would still be obliged not to disobey Him, simply by way of gratitude to Him for His bounties.' ¹²

2391.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اجتِنابُ السيّئاتِ أولى‏ مِنِ اكتِسابِ الحَسَناتِ .¹³

2391.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Refraining from committing evil deeds is better than performing good deeds.' ¹⁴

2392.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : إنّ العُقَلاءَ تَرَكُوا فُضولَ الدنيا فكيفَ الذُّنوبُ ؟! وتَركُ الدنيا مِنَ الفَضلِ ، وتَركُ الذُّنوبِ مِنَ الفَرضِ .¹⁵

2392.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'The people of intellect have abandoned the excesses of this world, but what about sins? Forsaking worldly excesses is [merely] a virtue whereas abandoning sins is an obligation.' ¹⁶

2393.بحار الأنوار - عنهم عليهم السلام - : جِدُّوا واجتَهِدُوا، وإن لَم تَعمَلُوا فلا تَعصُوا ، فإنّ مَن يَبنِي ولا يَهدِمُ يَرتَفِعُ بِناؤهُ وإن كانَ يَسيراً ، وإنّ مَن يَبنِي ويَهدِمُ يوشِكُ أن لا يَرتَفِعَ بِناؤهُ .¹⁷

2393. Bihar al-Anwar narrating from the Imams (AS) , 'Strive earnestly and work hard, and even if you do not manage to perform good deeds, at least do not sin, for verily the building of one who continuously builds without destroying [at the same time] will rise tall, even if it be plain and unadorned, whilst the building of one who builds but also destroys will almost never rise up.' ¹⁸