الطّاعَة

OBEDIENCE

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obedience to Allah is the key to every efficient matter and the redressing of every immoral act.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6012]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The person most worthy of Allah’s mercy is the one most diligent in Allah’s obedience.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3192]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is incumbent upon you to obey the One whom you hold no excuse to remain ignorant of.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 95, no. 1]

5– Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘He who obeys the Creator is not bothered by the displeasure of the creation
[i.e. other people].’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 366, no. 2]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obey the intelligent man and you will gain, and disobey the ignorant man and you will remain safe.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2263-2264]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obey knowledge and disobey ignorance and you will prosper.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2309]

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The religion of one who adheres to obeying creatures and disobeying the Creator does not count.’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 69, no. 318]

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obey one who is above you
[in authority] and the one below you will obey you.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2475]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose heart submits to Allah, his body never tires of Allah’s obedience.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 90, no. 95]

11– Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘He who gives you both his affection and his good opinion is entitled to your giving him your obedience.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 365, no. 4]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who pleases a ruler with regard to something that displeases Allah excludes himself from the religion of Allah, Mighty and Exalted.’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 69, no. 318]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware O beware of obeying your leaders and your elders who felt proud of their achievements and boasted about their lineage … and do not obey those who claim to be Muslims
[but are hypocrites] whose filth you imbibe alongside your propriety, whose ailments you mix with your healthiness, and whose wrongs you have allowed to infiltrate your rightful matters, while they are the very foundation of vice.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 192]

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who obeys an indifferent person ends up losing his rights and he who obeys a traitor ends up losing his friends.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 239]