al-'Uzlah wa-l-Infirad
Volume 1 · Page 46
Translation · EN
AI translation31 - He said (1): And I heard him say: "Whoever mixes with people will not remain safe and will not escape one of two things:
1 - Either he engages in idle talk with them when they engage in falsehood.
2 - Or he remains silent when he sees an evil or hears it from his companions, failing to change it, thus sinning and becoming a partner with them in it." (2).
Notes
- (1) The speaker is Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ashʿath.
- (2) Transmitted by al-Bayhaqī in al-Zuhd (130), and al-Khaṭṭābī in al-ʿUzla (p. 41).
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Arabic (Source)
٣١ - قَالَ (١) : وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ خَالَطَ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَسْلَمْ وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْ إِحْدَى اثْنَتَيْنِ:١ - إِمَّا أَنْ يَخُوضَ مَعَهُمْ إِذَا خَاضُوا فِي بَاطِلٍ.٢ - وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَسْكُتَ إِذَا رَأَى مُنْكَرًا أَوْ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ، فَلا يُغَيِّرَ، فَيَأْثَمَ، وَيُشْرِكَهُمْ فِيهِ (٢) .
Notes
(١) القائل هو: إبراهيم بن الأشعث.(٢) أخرجه البيهقي في " الزهد " (١٣٠) ، والخطابي في " العزلة " (ص٤١) .