التَعظيمُ

VENERATION

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever likes people to stand up for him should take a seat for himself in the Fire.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 16, p. 240]

3– Abu Dharr
[may Allah have mercy on him] narrated, ‘I saw Salman and Bilal approaching the Prophet (SAWA) when Salman threw himself at the Prophet (SAWA)’ s feet, kissing them. So the Prophet (SAWA) stopped him from doing that, and said to him, ‘O Salman, do not do unto me as the foreigners do with their kings – I am a servant from among the servants of Allah, eating what a servant eats and sitting how a servant sits.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 63, no. 3]

4– Imam Ali (AS) was proceeding towards Syria, when the peasants of al-Anbar upon seeing him, dismounted from their mounts and started running towards him. He enquired, ‘What is this you are doing’ to which they replied, ‘This is the way we respect our leaders.’ So he said, ‘By Allah, this does not benefit your leaders in any way, whilst you are belabouring yourself in this world and earning misery for yourselves in the Hereafter. How wasteful is the labour in whose wake lies chastisement, and how profitable the composure which brings safety from the Fire!’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 37]

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily venerating Allah’ s Exaltedness involves honouring the old, the bearer of the Qur’ an and the just Imam.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25507]

6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) when asked about standing in veneration of someone, replied, ‘It is an abominable act, except when standing for a man of religion.’
[al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 364, no. 786]

7– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Venerate the scholar for his knowledge and abandon argumentation with him. Depreciate the ignorant man for his ignorance but do not drive him away. Rather draw him near and teach him.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 394]