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18-11-2024 |17 Jumādá al-ūlá 1446 AH

Freedom

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘There are five attributes such that whoever does not even possess one of them does not have much to admire: loyalty, organisation, modesty, good temper, and the last which brings together all these attribute is freedom.’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَمسُ خِصالٍ مَن لم تَكُنْ فيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنها فلَيس فيهِ كَثيرُ مُسْتَمْتَعٍ ، أوَّلُها : الوَفاءُ ، والثّانيةُ : التَّدْبيرُ ، والثّالثةُ : الحَياءُ ، والرّابعةُ : حُسنُ الخُلقِ، والخامِسةُ ـ وهِي تَجْمَعُ هذهِ الخِصالَ ـ : الحُرِّيّةُ.

Reference: [al-Khisal, p. 284, no. 33]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘O people! Indeed Adam did not beget a bondsman or bondswoman, so all people are free.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أيُّها الناسُ ، إنّ آدمَ لَم يَلِدْ عَبداً ولا أمَةً ، وإنّ النّاسَ كلَّهُم أحْرارٌ.

Reference: [Nahj al-Sa’ada, v. 1, p. 198]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Do not ever be a slave to others when Allah, glory be to Him, has made you free.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَكُونَنَّ عَبدَ غَيرِكَ وقَد جَعلَكَ اللّه‏ُ سُبْحانَه حُرّا.

Reference: [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 31]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Cheerfulness is the distinguishing trait of the free.

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الطَّلاقَةُ شِيمَةُ الحُرِّ.

Reference: ’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 467]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The servant of Allah is free so far as he remains content. The free man is a slave as long as he is greedy.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : العَبدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ ، الحُرُّ عَبدٌ ما طَمِعَ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 413]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Truly modesty and chastity are of the traits of faith, and they are the attributes of the free and the distinguishing marks of the righteous.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الحَيـاءَ والعِفَّـةَ مِن خَلائـقِ الإيمانِ ، وإنّهُما لَسَجِيّةُ الأحْرارِ وشِيمَةُ الأبْرارِ .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3605]
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘The free is free in all his states: when he is inflicted by a calamity, he shows patience; when afflictions bear down on him, they do not break him, even though he be taken in captivity or defeated and his prosperity turns into poverty, just like the truthful trustworthy Prophet Joseph - blessings of Allah upon him - whose freedom was not affected even when he was enslaved, defeated and captivated.’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الحُرَّ حُرٌّ علي جميعِ أحْوالِهِ : إنْ نابَتْهُ نائبَةٌ صَبرَ لَها ، وإنْ تَداكَّتْ علَيهِ المَصائبُ لَم تَكْسِرْهُ وإنْ اُسِرَ وقُهِرَ واسْتُبْدِلَ باليُسرِ عُسرا، كما كانَ يُوسُفُ الصِّدِّيقُ الأمينُ صلواتُ اللّه‏ِ علَيهِ : لَم يَضْرُرْ حُرِّيَّتَهُ أنِ اسْتُعبِدَ وقُهِرَ واُسِرَ.

Reference: [al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 89, no. 6]

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