النُّصحُ

ADVISING

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said to his companions, ‘Religion is advise.’ We asked, ‘For whom?’ He said, ‘For Allah, His Book, His Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and the general people.’
[Sahih Muslim, no. 55]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The people who have the greatest status with Allah on the Day of Judgment are those who roamed the earth the most, advising His creatures.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 20, no. 4]

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Let the advice a man gives to his brother be the same advice he would give to himself.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 20, no. 5]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Give sincere advice to your brother, whether it be good or bad.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31]

6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘It is obligatory for the believer to advise a fellow believer, present or absent.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 208, no. 2]

7– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘You must advise Allah’s creatures for His sake, for you will never meet Him with a deed better than this.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 208, no. 6]

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘As for the signs of the adviser, there are four: he judges with truth, gives the right due from his own self, accepts for people what he accepts for himself, and he does not transgress against anybody.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 20]

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is enough for a person … when advising, to prohibit what he would not accept for himself.’
[Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 3, p. 137-138]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who among people is the best adviser to his own self is the one who is most obedient to his Lord, and the most deceitful of people to his own self is the one who is most disobedient to his Lord.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 87]

11– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Excessive advice calls for suspicion.’
[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 26]

12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘
[Good] Advice from a jealous person is impossible.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 194, no. 9]

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘No sooner does a Muslim servant advise his own self for the sake of Allah, and give the rights due from himself, and take the rights due to him than he is given two features: sustenance from Allah which he will be satisfied with, and satisfaction with Allah that will save him.’
[al-Khisal, p. 46, no. 47]

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Blessed be the one who obeys an adviser who guides him, and avoids a deviant person who misleads him.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5944]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who opposes
[good] advice will perish.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 77]

16– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Follow he who makes you cry when he advises you, and do not follow he that makes you laugh while he deceives you.’
[al-Mahasin, v. 2, p. 440, no. 2526]