سُئِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ مَعْرِفَةِ رَسُولِهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَفْضَلَ مِنْ بُغْضِ الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنَّ لِذَلِكَ لَشُعَباً كَثِيرَةً وَ لِلْمَعَاصِي شُعَباً فَأَوَّلُ مَا عُصِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْكِبْرُ وَ هِيَ مَعْصِيَةُ إِبْلِيسَ حِينَ أَبَى وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ وَ الْحِرْصُ وَ هِيَ مَعْصِيَةُ آدَمَ وَ حَوَّاءَ حِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُمَا فَكُلا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُما وَ لا تَقْرَبا هذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ فَأَخَذَا مَا لَا حَاجَةَ بِهِمَا إِلَيْهِ فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَطْلُبُ ابْنُ آدَمَ مَا لَا حَاجَةَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ الْحَسَدُ وَ هِيَ مَعْصِيَةُ ابْنِ آدَمَ حَيْثُ حَسَدَ أَخَاهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَتَشَعَّبَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حُبُّ النِّسَاءِ وَ حُبُّ الدُّنْيَا وَ حُبُّ الرِّئَاسَةِ وَ حُبُّ الرَّاحَةِ وَ حُبُّ الْكَلَامِ وَ حُبُّ الْعُلُوِّ وَ الثَّرْوَةِ فَصِرْنَ سَبْعَ خِصَالٍ فَاجْتَمَعْنَ كُلُّهُنَّ فِي حُبِّ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الْعُلَمَاءُ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَةِ ذَلِكَ حُبُّ الدُّنْيَا رَأْسُ كُلِّ خَطِيئَةٍ وَ الدُّنْيَا دُنْيَاءَانِ دُنْيَا بَلَاغٍ وَ دُنْيَا مَلْعُونَةٍ .
Translation
Ali, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al Minqary, from Abdul Razzaq Bin Hammam, from Moamar Bin Rashid, from Al Zuhry Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Shihad who said, ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> was asked, ‘Which of the deeds is superior in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Might and Majestic?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is none from the deeds, after the recognition of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Majestic and Mighty, and recognition of His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> more superior than hatred of the world, and in that are a lot of branches, and the disobedience also has branches (as well)’. So the first of what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> was disobeyed with was the arrogance, and it is the disobedience of Iblees<sup>la</sup> when he<sup>la</sup> refused, and was arrogant, and he<sup>la</sup> was from the disbelievers. And greed, it is the disobedience of Adam<sup>as</sup> and Hawwa<sup>as</sup> when Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said for them<sup>as</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h35"><a href="/books/quran:2#h35">[2:35]</a></a> and eat from it a plenteous (food) wherever you two wish to and do not approach this tree, for then you will become from the unjust</span>. So they<sup>as</sup> took what there was no need with them to it. Thus, that entered upon their<sup>as</sup> offspring up to the Day of Judgement, and that is the most of what the son of Adam<sup>as</sup> sees is what he does not have a need for it. Then the envy, and it is a disobedience of the son<sup>la</sup> of Adam<sup>as</sup> where he envied his<sup>la</sup> brother<sup>as</sup>, so he<sup>la</sup> killed him<sup>as</sup>. Thus, from that branched out the love of the women, and the love of the world, and love of the government, and love of the relaxation, and love of the speech, and love of the exaltedness and the wealth. So these came to be seven characteristics, being gathered in the love for the world. Therefore, the Prophets<sup>as</sup>, and the knowledgeable ones<sup>asws</sup> said after recognising that: ‘The love for the world is the head of the sins’. And the world is two (types of) world – the world of the bare necessities and the condemned world ’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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