sense. I made the following corrections:
1. The narration about Prophet Shuaib and the 60,000 good people - this is from Imam al-Baqir (a. Q.), and the link is
2. The narration "Commanding the right and forbidding the evil is a great duty by which the duties are performed" - this is from Imam Ali (a. Q.), and the link is
Here is the full revised list:.
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Knowing the believer through the hypocrite.
Ustad Abdini opens with the sentence "things are known by their opposites" - something that becomes clear when it is placed next to its opposite.
Two consecutive passages in Surah At-Towa stand as mirror images:
Verse 67 (the hyenas): "Hyenas, male and female, are to each other. They command evil and forbid good. " "The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are one from the other. They command what is wrong and forbid what is right. ".
Verse 71 (the believers): "And the believing men, male and female, they protect each other. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. " "The believing men and the believing women are one another's allies. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. ".
Notice who the believers are facing: not deniers of God, but two-faced. The gap between Iman and Nipak is sharper and more severe than any other. Consequently, every quality attributed to the men and women of hypocrisy finds an exact opposite in the men and women of faith.
Ustad Abdinis' conclusion: Here lies a diagram of the inner life of the believers. Where the hypocrite betrays, the firm believer; Where the hypocrite calculates an advantage, the believer gives freely; When the bonds of hypocrites dissolve under pressure, the bonds of believers are strong. This is the yardstick by which we must test ourselves.
Class 1,148.
Average 1,148.
Practical Islam - Said Samer Hakim.