إِنَّ أَعْرَابِيّاً مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ أَوْصِنِي فَكَانَ مِمَّا أَوْصَاهُ تَحَبَّبْ إِلَى النَّاسِ يُحِبُّوكَ.
“Once an Arab man came to the Holy Prophet and said, ‘Instinct me with good advice.’ Of the good advice to him was: ‘Love people, they will love you.’”
مُجَامَلَةُ[1] النَّاسِ ثُلُثُ الْعَقْلِ.
“Dealing with people in a graceful manner is one third of (the power) reason.”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثَلَاثٌ يُصْفِينَ وُدَّ الْمَرْءِ لِأَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ يَلْقَاهُ بِالْبِشْرِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ وَ يُوَسِّعُ لَهُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَدْعُوهُ بِأَحَبِّ الْأَسْمَاءِ إِلَيْهِ.
“The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Three things purify a Muslim’s love for his brother (in belief): meeting him in a cheerful manner, preparing for him a seat if he wants to sit down in a gathering, and calling him by his names that he loves most.’”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص التَّوَدُّدُ إِلَى النَّاسِ نِصْفُ الْعَقْلِ.
“The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Showing that one loves people is half (the power) of reason.’”
التَّوَدُّدُ إِلَى النَّاسِ نِصْفُ الْعَقْلِ.
“Showing that one loves people is one half (the power) of reason.”
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّمَا يَكُفُّ عَنْهُمْ يَداً وَاحِدَةً وَ يَكُفُّونَ عَنْهُ أَيْدِياً كَثِيرَةً.
‘Whoever holds his hands off the people has held back only one hand, however, they will hold many hands off of him.’”
قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع الْقَرِيبُ مَنْ قَرَّبَتْهُ الْمَوَدَّةُ وَ إِنْ بَعُدَ نَسَبُهُ وَ الْبَعِيدُ مَنْ بَعَّدَتْهُ الْمَوَدَّةُ وَ إِنْ قَرُبَ نَسَبُهُ لَا شَيْءَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ يَدٍ إِلَى جَسَدٍ وَ إِنَّ الْيَدَ تَغُلُّ فَتُقْطَعُ وَ تُقْطَعُ فَتُحْسَمُ[2].
“Al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) has said, ‘A person close to another person is one whom love has brought so close even though his lineage is far remote. A person far away is one whom love has distanced a part even though his lineage is near and close. There is nothing so close to another thing than the hands to the body, but