Hadith 328
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1. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ayub bin Nuh, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Saif bin ‘Umayra, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, that he said
Famousness through acts of worship is a (cause for) doubt. Indeed, my father told me of his father, of his grandfather, peace be upon him, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The most worshipping among the people is the one who establishes the obligatory acts; the most openhanded among the people is the one who gives the alms tax of his property; the most abstaining among the people is the one who refrains from the forbidden; the most godfearing among the people is the one who says the truth with regards to what is for (the advantage of) himself and (for what is of disadvantage) upon himself; the most just among the people is the one who is pleased for people what he is pleased with for himself, and dislikes for them what he dislikes for himself; the most smart among the people is the one who most intensively mentions death; the one to be most envied among the people is the one who is beneath the sand, for certainly, he is to be safe from punishment and expects reward; the most unaware among the people is the one who does not take lesson from the change of this world from one case to another case; the one with greatest danger among the people in this world is the one who does not make this world a matter of danger to himself; the most knowledgeable among the people is the one who gathers the knowledge of people to his own knowledge; the most courageous among the people is the one who defeats his desire; the most worthy among the people is the one with the most knowledge; and the least worthy among the people is the one with the least knowledge; the one with the least enjoyment among the people is the jealous; the one with the least comfort among the people is the stingy; the most stingy among the people is the one who is stingy with regards to what Allah, the Exalted, has obliged upon him; the one who is more rightful to the truth among the people is the one who acts most with it; the one with the least sanctity among the people is the impious; those with the least loyalty among the people are kings; the one with the least friends among the people is the king; the most poor among the people is the greedy; the most rich among the people is the one who is not a captive to craving; the one with the best faith among the people is the one with the best mannerisms among them; the most generous among the people is the most godfearing among them; the most worthy among the people is the one who leaves what does not concern him; the most pious among the people is the one who leaves quarrel, even if he is rightful; the one with the least manliness among the people is the one who is a liar; the most wretched among the people are kings; the most loathsome among the people is the arrogant; the one with most intense diligence among the people is the one who abandons sins; the most wise among the people is the one who flees from the severely ignorants among people; the most happy among the people is the one who mingles with dignified people; the most intelligent among the people is the one with the most conformity with people; the one who is more rightful to accusation among the people is the one who sits with the people of accusation; the most insolent among the people is the one who kills other than his murderer or hits other than his hitter; the one who is more rightful to pardoning among the people is the one who is most able among them to punish; the most rightful to sin among the people is the fool, the backbiter; the most debased among the people is the one who humiliates people; the most resolute among the people is the one who mostly suppresses rage among them; the most righteous among the people is the one among them who is more righteous to people; and the best among the people is the one from whom people benefit.
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أيوب بن نوح، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن سيف بن عميرة، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، قال: الاشتهار بالعبادة ريبة، إن أبي حدثني عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال
أعبد الناس من أقام الفرائض، و أسخى الناس من أدى زكاة ماله، وأزهد الناس من اجتنب الحرام، وأتقى الناس من قال الحق فيما له وعليه، وأعدل الناس من رضي ما يرضى لنفسه وكره لهم ما يكره لنفسه، وأكيس الناس من كان أشد ذكرا للموت، وأغبط الناس من كان تحت التراب قد أمن العقاب يرجوا الثواب، وأغفل الناس من لم يتعظ بتغير الدنيا من حال إلى حال، وأعظم الناس في الدنيا خطرا من لم يجعل للدنيا عنده خطرا، وأعلم الناس من جمع علم الناس إلى علمه، وأشجع الناس من غلب هواه، وأكثر الناس قيمة أكثرهم علما، وأقل الناس قيمة أقلهم علما، وأقل الناس لذة الحسود، وأقل الناس راحة البخيل، وأبخل الناس من بخل بما افترض الله تعالى عليه، وأولى الناس بالحق أعملهم به، و أقل الناس حرمه الفاسق، وأقل الناس وفاء الملوك، وأقل الناس صديقا الملك، وأفقر الناس الطماع، وأغنى الناس من لم يكن للحرص أسيرا، وأفضل الناس إيمانا أحسنهم خلقا وأكرم الناس أتقاهم، وأعظم الناس قدرا من ترك مالا يعنيه، وأورع الناس من ترك المراء وإن كان محقا، وأقل الناس مروءة من كان كاذبا، وأشقى الناس الملوك، و أمقت الناس المتكبر، وأشد الناس اجتهادا من ترك الذنوب، وأحكم الناس من فر من جهال الناس، وأسعد من خالط كرام الناس، وأعقل الناس أشدهم مداراة للناس، وأولى الناس بالتهمة من جالس أهل التهمة، وأعتى الناس من قتل غير قاتله أو ضرب غير ضاربه، وأولى الناس بالعفو أقدرهم على العقوبة، وأحق الناس بالذنب السفيه المغتاب، وأذل الناس، من أهان الناس، وأحزم الناس أكظمهم للغيظ، وأصلح الناس أصلحهم للناس، وخير الناس من انتفع به الناس.