al-Nasihah al-Waladiyyah - Abu al-Walid al-Baji - (20)

al-Nasihah al-WaladiyyahAbu al-Walid al-Baji

to whoever entrusted it to you. Do not betray anyone who betrays you. Fulfill your covenants, for every covenant will be called to account.

Giving Full Measure and Weight

Give full measure and weight. Giving short measure is loathsome; it does not diminish wealth, but rather diminishes one’s religion and state.

The Prohibition against Participating in the Shedding of Inviolable Blood

Beware of assisting in the shedding of blood with even a word, or participating in it with even a single utterance. A person continues to enjoy latitude in his religion so long as he does not immerse his hand or tongue in the blood of a Muslim. Allah Most High says, “Whoever deliberately kills a believer, his recompense is Hell, where he will remain; Allah is angry with him, has cursed him, and has prepared for him a tremendous punishment.” Al-Baqarah 93

Do Not Approach Illicit Sexual Relations

Abstaining from illicit sexual relations is among the traits of the virtuous, while engaging in them brings disgrace in this world and punishment in the Hereafter. Allah Most High says, “Do not approach illicit sexual relations. Indeed, they are an obscenity and an evil way.” Al-Isrā 32

Avoiding Intoxicants

Beware of consuming intoxicants, for they are the mother of the major sins and embolden one to commit transgressions. Allah Most High has forbidden them in His Glorious Book. He—Mighty is He—said, “Satan seeks only to stir up enmity and hatred among you through intoxicants and gambling, and to turn you away from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you not then desist?” Al-Mā’idah 91. The fact that they take away reason and corrupt the intellect should be warning enough for you. Some people abstained from them even in the Age of Ignorance, out of noble-mindedness. Beware, then, of going near them or defiling yourselves with their filth. Allah Most High has described them in those terms and coupled them with stone altars and divining arrows. He—Mighty is He—said, “Indeed, intoxicants, gambling, stone altars, and divining arrows are

إِلَى من ائتمنكما وَلَا تخونا من خانكما وأوفيا بالعهد إِن الْعَهْد كَانَ مسؤولا تتميم الْكَيْل وَالْمِيزَان أوفيا الْكَيْل وَالْوَزْن فَإِن النَّقْص فِيهِ مقت لَا ينقص المَال بل ينقص الدّين وَالْحَال النَّهْي عَن الْمُشَاركَة فِي سفك الدِّمَاء الْمُحرمَة وإياكما والعون على سفك دم بِكَلِمَة أَو الْمُشَاركَة فِيهِ بِلَفْظَة فَلَا يزَال الْإِنْسَان فِي فسحة من دينه مَا لم يغمس يَده أَو لِسَانه فِي دم امرىء مُسلم قَالَ الله تَعَالَى ﴿وَمن يقتل مُؤمنا مُتَعَمدا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّم خَالِدا فِيهَا وَغَضب الله عَلَيْهِ ولعنه وَأعد لَهُ عذَابا عَظِيما﴾ الْبَقَرَة ٩٣ لَا تقربُوا الزِّنَى وَاجْتنَاب الزِّنَى من أَخْلَاق الْفُضَلَاء ومواقعته عَار فِي الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَاب فِي الْأُخْرَى قَالَ الله تَعَالَى ﴿وَلَا تقربُوا الزِّنَى إِنَّه كَانَ فَاحِشَة وساء سَبِيلا﴾ الْإِسْرَاء ٣٢ اجْتِنَاب الْخمر وإياكما وَشرب الْخمر فَإِنَّهَا أم الْكَبَائِر والمجرئة على المآثم وَقد حرمهَا الله تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابه الْعَزِيز فَقَالَ عز من قَائِل ﴿إِنَّمَا يُرِيد الشَّيْطَان أَن يُوقع بَيْنكُم الْعَدَاوَة والبغضاء فِي الْخمر وَالْميسر ويصدكم عَن ذكر الله وَعَن الصَّلَاة فَهَل أَنْتُم مُنْتَهُونَ﴾ الْمَائِدَة ٩١ وحسبكما بِشَيْء يذهب الْعقل وَيفْسد اللب وَقد تَركهَا قوم فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّة تكرما فإياكما ومقاربتها والتدنس برجسها وَقد وصفهَا الله تَعَالَى بذلك وقرنها بالأنصاب والأزلام فَقَالَ عز من قَائِل إِنَّمَا الْخمر وَالْميسر والأنصاب والأزلم