سُئِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَعْرِفَةِ رَسُولِهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَفْضَلَ مِنْ بُغْضِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ لِذَلِكَ لَشُعَباً كَثِيرَةً وَ لِلْمَعَاصِي شُعَبٌ فَأَوَّلُ مَا عُصِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْكِبْرُ مَعْصِيَةُ إِبْلِيسَ حِينَ أَبَى وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ ثُمَّ الْحِرْصُ وَ هِيَ مَعْصِيَةُ آدَمَ وَ حَوَّاءَ ( عليهما السلام ) 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 Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Ali Bin Muhammad, altogether from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Al Minqary, from Abdul Razzaq Bin Hammam, from Moamar Bin Rashid, from Al Zuhry Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Ubeydullah 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>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no deed, after the recognition of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic and recognition of His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> more superior than hatred of the world. There are many branches for that, and for the disobedience, there is one branch’. So the first of what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> was disobeyed with was the arrogance, being a disobedience of Iblees<sup>la</sup>, where he<sup>la</sup> refused (to prostrate) and was arrogant, and he<sup>la</sup> was from the disbelievers’. Then (it was) the greed, and it is the disobedience of Adam<sup>as</sup> and Hawwa<sup>as</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h19"><a href="/books/quran:7#h19">[7:19]</a></a> so eat from wherever you desire, but do not go near this tree, for then you will be of the unjust</span>. So they<sup>as</sup> both took what there was no need to it for them both. Thus, that entered into their<sup>as</sup> offspring up to the Day of Judgement, and that is that most of what the son of Adam<sup>as</sup> seeks is what there is no need to it for him. Then (it was) the envy, and it is a disobedience of the son<sup>la</sup> of Adam<sup>as</sup> where he<sup>la</sup> envied his<sup>la</sup> brother<sup>as</sup>, and he<sup>la</sup> killed him<sup>as</sup>. So there branched out from that, the love of women, and the love of the world, and love of the leadership, and love of the relaxation, and love of the speech, and love of the exaltedness and the wealth. Thus, these came to be seven traits, and they all gathered in the love of the world. Thus the Prophets<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> and the Scholars<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said after recognition that: ‘The love of the world is the head of all sins, and the world is (two types of) world – a world of bare necessities and the condemned one’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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