يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يُتَّبَعُ فِيهِمْ قَوْمٌ مُرَاءُونَ يَتَقَرَّءُونَ وَ يَتَنَسَّكُونَ حُدَثَاءُ سُفَهَاءُ لَا يُوجِبُونَ أَمْراً بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَ لَا نَهْياً عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ إِلَّا إِذَا أَمِنُوا الضَّرَرَ يَطْلُبُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمُ الرُّخَصَ وَ الْمَعَاذِيرَ يَتَّبِعُونَ زَلَّاتِ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ فَسَادَ عَمَلِهِمْ يُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ وَ مَا لَا يَكْلِمُهُمْ فِي نَفْسٍ وَ لَا مَالٍ وَ لَوْ أَضَرَّتِ الصَّلَاةُ بِسَائِرِ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ أَبْدَانِهِمْ لَرَفَضُوهَا كَمَا رَفَضُوا أَسْمَى الْفَرَائِضِ وَ أَشْرَفَهَا إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ بِهَا تُقَامُ الْفَرَائِضُ هُنَالِكَ يَتِمُّ غَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَعُمُّهُمْ بِعِقَابِهِ فَيُهْلَكُ الْأَبْرَارُ فِي دَارِ الْفُجَّارِ وَ الصِّغَارُ فِي دَارِ الْكِبَارِ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ سَبِيلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ مِنْهَاجُ الصُّلَحَاءِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ بِهَا تُقَامُ الْفَرَائِضُ وَ تَأْمَنُ الْمَذَاهِبُ وَ تَحِلُّ الْمَكَاسِبُ وَ تُرَدُّ الْمَظَالِمُ وَ تُعْمَرُ الْأَرْضُ وَ يُنْتَصَفُ مِنَ الْأَعْدَاءِ وَ يَسْتَقِيمُ الْأَمْرُ فَأَنْكِرُوا بِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَ الْفِظُوا بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَ صُكُّوا بِهَا جِبَاهَهُمْ وَ لَا تَخَافُوا فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ فَإِنِ اتَّعَظُوا وَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ رَجَعُوا فَلَا سَبِيلَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّمَا السَّبِيلُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ أُولئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ هُنَالِكَ فَجَاهِدُوهُمْ بِأَبْدَانِكُمْ وَ أَبْغِضُوهُمْ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ غَيْرَ طَالِبِينَ سُلْطَاناً وَ لَا بَاغِينَ مَالًا وَ لَا مُرِيدِينَ بِظُلْمٍ ظَفَراً حَتَّى يَفِيئُوا إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَ يَمْضُوا عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ قَالَ وَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى شُعَيْبٍ النَّبِيِّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) أَنِّي مُعَذِّبٌ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ شِرَارِهِمْ وَ سِتِّينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ خِيَارِهِمْ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) يَا رَبِّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَشْرَارُ فَمَا بَالُ الْأَخْيَارِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ دَاهَنُوا أَهْلَ الْمَعَاصِي وَ لَمْ يَغْضَبُوا لِغَضَبِي .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from one of our companions, from Bashr Bin Abdullah, from Abu Isama, a judge of Merv, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘There would transpire at the end of the times, a people who would be followed by a show-off people. They would be reciting and performing the rituals of juvenile fools, not considering it an Obligation the enjoining of the good and the forbidding of the evil, except when they are safe from harm. They would be seeking for themselves the permission and the excuse of following the blunders of the scholars and their corrupt deeds. They would be coming upon the Prayer and the Fasts and whatever does not affect their lives or their wealth. And if the Prayer were to harm the rest of what they are doing with their wealth and their bodies, they would reject it just as they would reject the loftiest of the Obligations and its nobility. The enjoining of the good, and the forbidding of the evil is a great Obligation by which the (other) Obligation stand. Over there the Anger of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Completed upon them and they are engulfed by His<sup>azwj</sup> Punishment. So the righteous ones end up being destroyed in the house of the immoral ones, and the young ones in the house of the older ones. The enjoining of the good and the forbidding of the evil is a way of the Prophets<sup>as</sup> and a manifesto of the righteous ones. (It is) a great Obligation by which the (other) Obligations stand, and the Doctrines are secured, and the earnings are made to be Permissible, and the injustices are repelled, and the lands are developed, and the justice is achieved from the enemies, and the matters are straightened. Therefore, deny the evil by your hearts, and the words of your tongues, and slap it in the foreheads, and do not fear with regards to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> an accusation of the accuser. So, if they heed advice (fine), and to the Truth they should return. So there is no way against them, but rather <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:42#h42"><a href="/books/quran:42#h42">[42:42]</a></a> The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and rebel without the right, these shall have a painful Punishment</span>. So that is where you should be fighting them with your bodies, and hating them by your hearts without seeking any authority, nor gaining wealth, nor wanting a triumph by injustice, until they are loyal to the Command of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and go upon His<sup>azwj</sup> obedience’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto The Prophet Shuayb<sup>as</sup>: “I<sup>azwj</sup> will be Punishing, from your<sup>as</sup> people, one hundred thousand, forty thousand being from their evil ones and sixty thousand being from their good ones”. So he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘O Lord<sup>azwj</sup>!’ They (the forty thousand) are evil, but what is the matter with the good ones?’ So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him<sup>as</sup>: “They sweet-talked the people of the disobedience and were not angry due to My<sup>azwj</sup> Anger”’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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