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Mar, 28 202418 Ramazan 1445


الوَعدُ


THE PROMISE




وَعدُ اللّه‏ِ حَقٌّ / The Promise of Allah is true


1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن وَعَدَهُ اللّه‏ُ على عَمَلٍ ثَوابا فهُو مُنجِزُهُ لَهُ، ومَن أوعَدَهُ على عَمَلٍ عِقابا فهُو فِيهِ بِالخِيارِ.
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He whom Allah promises a reward for a good deed He will fulfill it, and he whom He has promised punishment for a deed, then it is
[ultimately] His choice
[whether He punishes or forgives].’
[al-Tawhid, p. 406, no. 3]


الوَعدُ


THE PROMISE




3ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): عِدَةُ المُؤمنِ دَينٌ، وعِدَةُ المُؤمنِ كالأخذِ بِاليَدِ .
3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The promise of the believer is a debt and the promise of the beliver is like a pledge.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6870]

4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما باتَ لِرجُلٍ عِندي مَوعِدٌ قَطُّ فباتَ يَتمَلمَلُ على فِراشِهِ لِيَغدوَ بِالظَّفَرِ بحاجَتِهِ، أشَدَّ مِن تَمَلمُلي على فِراشي حِرصا علَى الخُروجِ إلَيهِ مِن دَينِ عِدَتِهِ، وخَوفاً مِن عائقٍ يُوجِبُ الخُلفَ ؛ فإنّ خُلفَ الوَعدِ لَيسَ مِن أخلاقِ الكِرامِ.
4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2183]

5ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّا أهلُ بَيتٍ نَرى ما وَعَدْنا علَينا دَينا كَما صَنَعَ رسولُ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ).
5– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘We, the ahl al-bayt, see what we have promised as a debt upon us just as the Prophet (SAWA) used to do.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 97, no. 20]

الوَعدُ أحَدُ الرِّقَّينِ / The Promise is One of Two Types of Bondage

6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المَسؤولُ حُرٌّ حتّى يَعِدَ.
6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A responsible person is free until he makes a promise.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 336]

7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الوَعدُ أحَدُ الرِّقَّينِ، إنجازُ الوَعدِ أحَدُ العِتقَينِ .
7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The promise is one of two bondages; and fulfilment of the promise is one of the two freedoms.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1646-1647]

8ـ أبو الحُمَيساءِ: بايَعتُ النَّبيَّ صلى ‏الله ‏عليه ‏و‏آله قَبلَ أن يُبعَثَ فَواعَدتُهُ مَكانا فنَسِيتُهُ يَومِيَ والغَدَ، فأتَيتُهُ اليَومَ الثّالثَ ، فقالَ صلى‏الله‏عليه‏و‏آله: يافَتى، لَقد شَقَقتَ علَيَّ ، أنا هاهُنا مُنذُ ثلاثةِ أيّامٍ !
8– Abu al-Humaysa’ said, ‘I pledged allegiance to the Prophet (SAWA) before he set out
[for a place], and I had an appointment with him in a particular place, but I forgot that day and the next, so I came to him on the third day, so the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Young man, you have brought great difficulty to me, I have been waiting here for three days.’
[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 1 p. 57 no. 39]

9ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه ‏السلام لِلجَعفريّ: تَدري لِمَ سُمِّيَ إسماعيلُ صادِقَ الوَعدِ؟ قالَ: قلتُ : لا أدري، قالَ : وَعَدَ رجُلاً فجَلَسَ لَهُ حَولاً يَنتَظِرُهُ .
9– Imam al-Rida (AS) said to al-Ja`fari, ‘Do you know why Ishmael was named the one who was true to his promise?’
[He said], ‘I said, ‘No, I do not know.’ He said, ‘He promised to meet a man and he sat waiting for him for one whole year.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 94, no. 10]

ما لا يَنبَغي مِنَ الوَعدِ / What Should Not Be Promised

10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَعِدَنَّ عِدَةً لا تَثِقُ مِن نَفسِكَ بإنجازِها .
10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not make a promise that you are not confident of fulfilling.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10297]

11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لاتَعِدَنَّ أخاكَ وَعداً لَيسَ في يَدِكَ وَفاؤُهُ .
11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not make a promise to your brother that you are incapable of fulfilling.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 250, no. 94]

12ـ الإمامُ الكاظِمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ العاقِلَ ... لا يَعِدُ ما لا يَقدِرُ عَلَيهِ .
12– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said to a man who said to him, ‘Promise me’ – ‘How can I promise you when that which I do not hope for is more probable for me than what I do hope for?!’
[al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 165, no. 3610]

ذَمُّ خُلفِ الوَعدِ / Censure of Breaking a Promise

13ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عِدَةُ المُؤمنِ أخاهُ نَذرٌ لا كَفّارَةَ لَهُ، فمَن أخلَفَ فبِخُلفِ اللّه‏ِ بَدأَ، ولِمَقتِهِ تَعَرَّضَ، وذلكَ قَولُهُ: «يا أيُّها الّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولونَ ما لا تَفْعَلُونَ».
13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The promise of a believer to his brother is a vow for which there is no
[prescribed] penance, so he who breaks a promise first disappoints Allah, and subjects himself to His discontentment, as Allah says: "O you who have faith! Why do you say what you do not do?"
[ Qur’an 61:2]
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 363, no. 1]

14ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا وَعَدتُمُ الصِّغارَ فأوفُوا لَهُم ؛ فإنَّهُم يَرَونَ أنّكُم أنتُمُ الّذينَ تَرزُقونَهُم، وإنّ اللّه‏َ لايَغضَبُ بشَيءٍ كغَضَبِهِ لِلنِّساءِ والصِّبيانِ.
14– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘When you make a promise to children then fulfil that promise to them, because they perceive you as the one who provides them with the means of subsistence, and Allah is not angered by anything the way He is angered by
[matters pertaining to] the rights of women and children.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 73, no. 23]

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