قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا فَسَدَتْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ وَ فَسَقَ شَبَابُكُمْ وَ لَمْ تَأْمُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ لَمْ تَنْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ وَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ شَرٌّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا أَمَرْتُمْ بِالْمُنْكَرِ وَ نَهَيْتُمْ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ شَرٌّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَعْرُوفَ مُنْكَراً وَ الْمُنْكَرَ مَعْرُوفاً
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The Prophet<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘How would it be with you all when your women become spoilt and your youth become immoral, and you would not be enjoining with the good and would not be forbidding the evil?’ So it was said to him<sup>saww</sup>, ‘And would that happen, O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>?’ So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Yes, and more evil than that. How would it be with you all when you would be enjoining with the evil and forbidding from the good?’ So it was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! And would that happen?’ He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Yes, and more evil than that. How would it be with you all when you see the good as an evil and the evil as a good?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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