Description de la Croyance

1. Through the same chain of narrators as the above Hadith it is narrated from ibn Mahbub from Ya’qub al-Sarraj from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) was asked about belief and he said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, made belief upon four pillars: ‘Patience, Certainty, Justice and Jihad (hard work for the cause of Allah). ‘The Patience therein has four branches: nostalgia, fear, restraint and vigilance. One who has a longing for paradise forgets the worldly desires. One who has fear of hell abstains from unlawful things. One who exercises restraint in worldly matters the worldly hardships become easier for him, and one who is vigilant of death hastens to good deeds. ‘The Certainty therein is also of four branches. They consist of sharp understanding, proper application of wisdom, recognizing good lessons and knowledge of the traditions of the people of the past. One who possesses sharp understanding recognizes the matters of wisdom. One who applies wisdom properly recognizes the good lessons, and one who recognizes the good lessons recognizes the traditions, and one who recognizes traditions is like the one who has lived with the people of the past and has found proper and firm guidance. He has seen who found salvation and by what means they found. He has also seen those who were destroyed and things that destroyed them. Allah destroys only those who disobey Him and grants salvation for ones obedience to His commands. ‘The Justice therein is also of four branches. It is a matter of deep understanding, a huge body of knowledge, the bloom of wisdom and the garden of forbearance. One who has deep understanding has the ability to interpret all knowledge. One who has a huge body of knowledge knows the ways of wisdom, and one who is forbearing is not an extremist in his decrees and lives among the people with a good name. ‘The Jihad (hard work for the cause of Allah) therein, is also of four branches. They consist of helping others to perform their duties and to stay away from that which is prohibited, to speak the truth whenever needed and to shun sins and sinners. One who helps others to perform their duties has supported the believer. One who helps stop others from sinning has humiliated the hypocrites and has thwarted their wicked plans. One who speaks the truth at the right time, his is the winning side. One who shuns the sinners has used anger for Allah. One who becomes angry for Allah, Allah becomes angry for him. Such is belief, its pillars and branches.’”

L'Imam des croyants (que la paix soit sur lui) a été interrogé sur la foi. Il a dit : "Certes, Allah, le Puissant et Majestueux, a établi la foi sur quatre piliers : la patience, la certitude, la justice et le jihad. Ainsi, la patience parmi cela se divise en quatre branches : l'aspiration, la compassion, le détachement et l'anticipation. Celui qui aspire au Paradis se détourne des passions, celui qui craint l'Enfer s'éloigne des interdits, celui qui se détache du monde trouve les épreuves insignifiantes, et celui qui médite sur la mort se hâte vers les bonnes actions. La certitude, quant à elle, se divise en quatre branches : la clairvoyance de la sagacité, l'interprétation de la sagesse, la compréhension des leçons et la pratique des pratiques des premiers. Celui qui a la clairvoyance comprend la sagesse, celui qui interprète la sagesse comprend les leçons, celui qui comprend les leçons comprend la pratique des premiers, et celui qui comprend la pratique des premiers est comme s'il était parmi eux et suit ce qui est le plus droit. Il regarde ceux qui ont été sauvés par ce qui les a sauvés, et ceux qui ont péri par ce qui les a perdus. Certes, Allah fait périr celui qu'Il fait périr par Sa désobéissance, et sauve celui qu'Il sauve par Son obéissance. La justice se divise en quatre branches : la profondeur de la compréhension, l'abondance du savoir, la floraison de la sagesse et le jardin de la patience. Celui qui comprend explique tout le savoir, celui qui sait connaît les lois de la sagesse, celui qui est patient ne perd pas son affaire, et il vit parmi les gens de manière louable. Le jihad se divise en quatre branches : ordonner le bien, interdire le mal, dire la vérité en toutes circonstances et détester les pécheurs. Celui qui ordonne le bien renforce le dos du croyant, celui qui interdit le mal contraint le nez de l'hypocrite, et le met en sécurité de ses ruses. Celui qui dit la vérité en toutes circonstances juge selon ce qui est juste, et celui qui déteste les pécheurs se met en colère pour Allah. Celui qui se met en colère pour Allah attire Sa colère. Voilà la foi, ses piliers et ses branches."