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9ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إذا ضَنَّ الناسُ بالدِّينارِ والدِّرهَمِ وتَبايَعُوا بالعِينَةِ وتَبِعُوا أذنابَ البَقَرِ وتَرَكُوا الجِهادَ في سبيلِ اللّهِ ، أدخَلَ اللّهُ علَيهِم ذُلاًّ لا يَرفَعُهُ عَنهُم حتّى يُراجِعُوا دِينَهُم. |
| 9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When people are miserly with their dinars and their dirhams [i.e. their wealth] and conclude bargains only upon sampling, and are too busy running after their livestock, and abandon fighting in the way of Allah (jihad), Allah brings down such disgrace upon them that can never be revoked until they turn back to their religion.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10504] |
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10ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أذَلُّ الناسِ مَن أهانَ الناسَ. |
| 10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most disgraceful of people is he who humiliates others.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 44, p. 142, no. 2] |
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11ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الناسُ مِن خَوفِ الذُّلِّ مُتَعَجِّلُو الذُّلِّ . |
| 11– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'People, in their effort to avoid disgrace, rush headlong into it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2172] |
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12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): رَضِيَ بِالذُّلِّ مَن كَشَفَ عن ضُرِّهِ . |
| 12– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who discloses his shortcomings to others resigns himself to disgrace.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 201] |
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13ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا ذُلَّ كَذُلِّ الطَّمَعِ . |
| 13– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'There is no disgrace worse than that of greed.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286] |
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14ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أحَبَّ الحياةَ ذَلَّ . |
| 14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who loves life is bound to face disgrace.’[al-Khisal, p. 110, no. 120] |
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15ـ وفي نَقلٍ: شَكا إلى أبي عَبدِ اللّهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) رجُلٌ جارَهُ فَقالَ: اِصبِرْ عَليهِ، فقالَ: يَنسُبُنِي الناسُ إلى الذُّلِّ، فقالَ: إنّما الذليلُ مَن ظَلَمَ. |
| 15– Someone once came to one of the Imams (AS) complaining about a man who was wronging him. The Imam (AS) replied, 'Be patient with him.’ The man retorted, 'But people are taking me for a disgraced fool.’ The Imam replied, 'The disgraced one is actually the one who wrongs others.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 46, p. 205, no. 78] |
