حکمت 42: و به یکی از یارانش که بیمار بود فرمود:… · Saying 42

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ فِي عِلَّةٍ اعْتَلَّهَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ شَكْوَاكَ حَطّاً لِسَيِّئَاتِكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَرَضَ لَا أَجْرَ فِيهِ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَحُطُّ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ يَحُتُّهَا حَتَّ الْأَوْرَاقِ وَ إِنَّمَا الْأَجْرُ فِي الْقَوْلِ بِاللِّسَانِ وَ الْعَمَلِ بِالْأَيْدِي وَ الْأَقْدَامِ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ يُدْخِلُ بِصِدْقِ النِّيَّةِ وَ السَّرِيرَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْجَنَّةَ.

قال الرضي: و أقول صدق (عليه السلام) إن المرض لا أجر فيه لأنه ليس من قبيل ما يستحق عليه العوض لأن العوض يستحق علي ما كان في مقابلة فعل الله تعالي بالعبد من الآلام و الأمراض و ما يجري مجري ذلك و الأجر و الثواب يستحقان علي ما كان في مقابلة فعل العبد فبينهما فرق قد بينه (عليه السلام) كما يقتضيه علمه الثاقب و رأيه الصائب.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to one of his companions during his sickness: May Allah make your illness a means for writing off your sins, because there is no reward for sickness but that is erases sins and makes them fall like (dried) leaves. Reward lies in saying by the tongue and doing something with the hands and feet. Certainly, Allah, the Glorified, admits into Paradise by virtue of truthfulness of intention and chastity of heart to whomsoever He wishes from among His creatures. as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: Amir al-Mu'minin is right in saying that there is no reward for sickness as such because compensation is admissible in repect of the acts of Allah, the Sublime, towards His creatures such as grief, illness and the like, whereas reward and recompense becomes admissible against actions by the creature. This is the difference between the two and Amir al-Mu'minin has clarified it through his lustrous knowledge and sound view