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1ـ عن رسول اللّه (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مالي لا أرى علَيكُم حَلاوَةَ العِبادَةِ ؟! قالوا: وما حَلاوَةُ العِبادَةِ ؟ قالَ: التَّواضُعُ. |
| 1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Why do I not see in you the sweetness of worship?!’ They asked, ‘What is the sweetness of worship?’ He said, ‘Humbleness.’[Tanbih al- Khawatir, v. 1, p. 201] |
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2ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ أفضَلَ النّاسِ عَبدا مَن تَواضَعَ عَن رِفعَةٍ. |
| 2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of people is a worshipper who humbles himself the more his rank increases.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 179, no. 10] |
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3ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): طُوبى لِمَن تَواضَعَ للّهِ في غَيرِ مَنقَصَةٍ، وأذَلَّ نَفسَهُ في غَيرِ مَسكَنَةٍ. |
| 3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Blessed be he who humbles himself before Allah for no deficiency, and who degrades himself without poverty.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 66] |
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4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا حَسَبَ كالتَّواضُعِ. |
| 4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no sufficiency like humbleness.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113] |
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5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): زِينَةُ الشَّريفِ التَّواضُعُ . |
| 5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The adornment of the noble is humbleness.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 120, no. 11] |
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6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّواضُعُ زَكاةُ الشَّرَفِ . |
| 6- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Humbleness spreads virtue.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 522] |
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7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): علَيكَ بِالتَّواضُعِ ؛ فإنّهُ مِن أعظَمِ العِبادَةِ . |
| 7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘You must be humble, as it is one of the greatest [forms of] worship.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 119, no. 5] |
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8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في صِفَةِ المُتَّقينَ ـ: ومَلبَسُهُمُ الاقتِصادُ، ومَشيُهُمُ التَّواضُعُ . |
| 8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It suffices for a man…in his humbleness to know his own worth.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 80, no. 66] |
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9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّواضُعُ يَنشُرُ الفَضيلَةَ . |
| 9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who goes to a wealthy person and humbles himself before him because of his wealth, a third of his faith goes.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 228] |
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10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما أحسَنَ تَواضُعَ الأغنياءِ لِلفُقَراءِ طَلَباً لِما عِندَ اللّهِ، وأحسَنُ مِنهُ تِيهُ الفُقَراءِ علَى الأغنِياءِ اتِّكالاً علَى اللّهِ. |
| 10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘How good is the humbleness of the wealthy before the poor in seeking what is with Allah, and better than this is the pride of the poor before the wealthy in relying solely on Allah.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 406] |
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11ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّواضُعُ أن تُعطِيَ النّاسَ ما تُحِبُّ أن تُعطاهُ. |
| 11– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Humbleness is to give to people what you yourself like to be given.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 123, no. 13] |
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12ـ الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّواضُعُ نِعمَةٌ لا يُحسَدُ علَيها. |
| 12– Imam al-`Aaskari (AS) said, ‘Humbleness is a blessing that cannot be envied.’[Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p. 489] |
