حَسْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ عِزّاً إِذَا رَأَى مُنْكَراً أَنْ يَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ إِنْكَارَهُ.
“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is enough in terms of honor for a believing person who upon seeing an evil act committed informs (if he finds) Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, that he rejects and denounces such act.’”
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّمَا يُؤْمَرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ يُنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ مُؤْمِنٌ فَيَتَّعِظُ أَوْ جَاهِلٌ فَيَتَعَلَّمُ وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبُ سَوْطٍ أَوْ سَيْفٍ فَلَا.
‘Verily, enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil is incumbent upon a believer so he admonishes, or upon an ingorant so he learns from it; but as for the wielder of a whip or a sword, then no.’
قَالَ لِي يَا مُفَضَّلُ مَنْ تَعَرَّضَ لِسُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ فَأَصَابَتْهُ بَلِيَّةٌ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ عَلَيْهَا وَ لَمْ يُرْزَقِ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهَا.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O Mufaddal, if one protests against an unjust ruler and he faces an affliction he will not receive any reward for such suffering nor is he granted any patience to bear in such suffering.’”
كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا مَرَّ بِجَمَاعَةٍ يَخْتَصِمُونَ لَمْ يَجُزْهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولَ ثَلَاثاً اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ.
“When seeing a quarrelling group of people abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would not pass by without always saying three times loudly, ‘You must maintain piety in the presence of Allah.’”
رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ وَ انْصَرَفَ فَمَشَيْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالْمُطَرِّقِ لَهُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ أَصْفَرُ عَمْرَكِيٌ[1] قَدْ أَدْخَلَ عُودَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ شِبْهَ السَّابِحِ[2] وَ رَبَطَهُ إِلَى فُسْطَاطِهِ وَ النَّاسُ وُقُوفٌ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْ يَمُرُّوا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا هَذَا اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الَّذِي تَصْنَعُهُ لَيْسَ لَكَ قَالَ فَقَا
“I saw abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who had completed throwing pebbles on Jamarah al-‘Aqabah and was moving away. I walked before to clear the path for him. There was a man of yellow complexion from ‘Amrak (or a quarrelsome one) who had fixed a peg in the ground and had tied a rope from it to his tent which had blocked peopl