Kitāb al-Muʾmin

171 - وعن زرارة قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: أقرب ما يكون العبد إلى الكفر أن يكون الرجل مواخيا للرجل على الدين، ثم يحفظ زلاته و عثراته ليضعه يوما ما.

171. It has been related that Zurarah said: I heard Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) saying: The closest stage to infidelity that one attains is that a person takes one to be his brother-in-faith then the latter keeps track of his mistakes and slips that he may use them against him someday.

172 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من بهت مؤمنا أو مؤمنة بما ليس فيه، بعثه الله عز وجل في طينة خبال، حتى يخرج مما قال قلت: وما طينة الخبال؟ قال: صديد يخرج من فروج المومسات.

172. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: One who accuses a believing man or believing woman falsely will be raised on the Day of Judgment by Allah in a messy substance unless he unsays it. The reporter asked, 'What is this messy substance?' It is pus flowing from the genitals of the unchaste women,' the Imam (a.s) replied.

173 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم: من أذاع فاحشة كان كمبتدئها، ومن عير مؤمنا بشئ لم يمت حتى يركبه.

173. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: The Prophet (a.s) said: One who spreads an indecency is like the one who started it; and one who dishonors a believer of something will not die until he perpetrates it himself.

174 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ما من مؤمنين إلا وبينهما حجاب، فإن قال له، لست لي بولي فقد كفر، فإن اتهمه فقد انماث الايمان في قلبه، كما ينماث الملح في الماء.

174. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: Between every two believers there is a covering (that binds them); if one of them says to the other, 'you are not a friend to me' then he commits apostasy; and if he accuses him of something, faith will dissolve in his heart like salt in water.

175 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال: لو قال الرجل لأخيه أف لك انقطع ما بينهما، قال، فإذا قال له: أنت عدوي فقد كفر أحدهما، فإن اتهمه انماث الايمان في قلبه، كما ينماث الملح في الماء.

175. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: If a person says to his brother the lease expression of contempt, he cut off any relation between them; and if he says to him, 'you are my enemy,' one of them has then committed apostasy; and if he accuses him falsely, faith will dissolve in his heart like salt in water.

176 - وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من لا يعرف لأخيه مثل ما يعرف له فليس بأخيه.

176. The Prophet (a.s) has said: One who does not care to know of his brother what he knows of him is not his brother.

177 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال: أبى الله أن يظن بالمؤمن إلا خيرا، وكسر عظم المؤمن ميتا ككسره حيا.

177. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: It is Allah's will that a believer should always be thought of well; and to humiliate a dead believer is like humiliating him whilst alive.

178 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ما من مؤمن يخذل أخاه وهو يقدر على نصرته، إلا خذله الله عز وجل في الدنيا والآخرة.

178. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: Any believer that disappoints his brother while he is able to help him, Allah will desert him in the world and the hereafter.

179 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: أيما مؤمن سأل أخاه المؤمن حاجة، وهو يقدر على قضائها، فرده بها، سلط الله عليه شجاعا في قبره ينهش أصابعه.

179. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: If any believer asks a fellow believer for help but the other refuses though he is able to do, Allah will impose a serpent in his grave biting his fingers.

180 - وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال: أيما مؤمن مشى مع أخيه في حاجة ولم يناصحه، فقد خان الله ورسوله.

180. It has been narrated that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: Any believer who goes with his brother for a need to help him and does not counsel him correctly has been disloyal to Allah and His Messenger.