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Hadith 433
Hadith #
433
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
261
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of arrogance
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: In the book of Khalil bin Ahmad, he says: Such-a-person disdains people. Disdaining the grace would be if he takes it lightly, and so with their rights. It is said: «He is disdained with regards to his religion» meaning that he is condemned. One would have disdained a grace and a (state of) comfort if one does not thank (for) it. Abu Ubaid said with regards to the saying of him, peace be upon him: «stultifies the truth» that one sees the truth as foolishness and ignorance. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «And who desires other than the Religion of Ibrahim except for the one who fools himself?» (2:130) Some exegetes said: «except for the one who fools himself» says that one (in this case) declares himself as being foolish. As for his saying: «disdains people» it is to despise them, spurn them and similar. He said: There is another language to it in other than this narration. Ghamasa [1] with the Ssaad is not non-Arabic, and it is by the meaning of understating. Ghams is performed with regards to a physical object, and a part of it is (referred to as) ghamsa. Ghumaisa is a planet. Ghams with regards to entrails is roughness, cutting and pain.
قال مصنف هذا الكتاب - رضي الله عنه -: في كتاب الخليل بن أحمد يقول: فلان غمص الناس وغمص النعمة إذا تهاون بها وبحقوقهم، ويقال
إنه لمغموص عليه في دينه أي مطعون عليه، وقد غمص النعمة. والعافية إذا لم يشكرها. وقال أبو عبيد في قوله عليه السلام: " سفه الحق " أن يرى الحق سفها وجهلا وقال الله تبارك وتعالى: " ومن يرعب عن ملة إبراهيم إلا من سفه نفسه ". وقال بعض المفسرين: " إلا من سفه نفسه " يقول سفهها. وأما قوله: " غمص الناس " فإنه الاحتقار لهم والازدراء بهم وما أشبه ذلك. قال: وفيه لغة أخرى في غير هذا الحديث. وغمص بالصاد غير معجمة وهو معنى غمط، والغمص في العين، والقطعة سنة غمصة، والغميصاء: كوكب ، والغمص في المعاء: غلظة وتقطيع ووجع.
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